Thanaton III: The 1989 artwork Paul Laffoley believed was alive
If you’ve never encountered his work before, Thanaton III is as good a place to begin as any.
Paul Laffoley
Credits: Dangerous Minds / Hayward Gallery / via Google Arts & Culture
Paul Laffoley was an American artist, architect and visionary whose intricate paintings explored the intersection of science, philosophy, religion and speculative technology.
Trained as an architect, Laffoley developed a unique artistic style built around densely detailed diagrams, symbolic imagery and handwritten annotations that examined subjects ranging from consciousness and cosmology to artificial intelligence and time travel.
Although he remained relatively unknown during much of his career, his work gained widespread recognition in later life for its extraordinary ambition and intellectual depth. Admired by artists, musicians and filmmakers alike, Laffoley’s paintings continue to inspire discussions around mysticism, futurism and the boundaries between art and scientific thought, securing his reputation as one of America’s most original visionary artists.
Paul Laffoley News
Remembering Paul Laffoley on what would have been his 89th birthday
Today would have been the 89th birthday of my good friend, the great genius artist and thinker Paul Laffoley. It’s been nearly a decade since…
Real Genius: The Paul Laffoley Archive launches with scans of 120 of his handwritten cosmic journals
For many of us, 2016 has been an especially shitty year, an annus horribilis of epically epic proportions that began with the death of David…
‘The Essential Paul Laffoley’ is the most mind-boggling coffee table art book of 2016 (or any year)
Okay, okay so although I could probably definitely be accused of bias–the volume in question here is about a dear friend of nearly twenty years…
Visionary artist and genius Paul Laffoley has died
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be . . . ” Henry…
Paul Laffoley: Penetrating the Kitsch Barrier
For those of you lucky to be in NYC this month, there’s an especially exciting new Paul Laffoley exhibit opening at Kent Fine Art (210…
The Physically Alive Architecture of Paul Laffoley
The work of Boston-based visionary artist and architect Paul Laffoley has been exhibited extensively in recent years including major museum shows in London, Paris, Berlin…
Visionary artist Paul Laffoley: Sci-Fi Leonardo da Vinci
For our readers in London–and there are quite a lot of you, so don’t fuck this one up (and tell all your friends)–next Tuesday at…
Paul Laffoley explains how to build a working time machine (and a house made entirely of plants)
As I have posted about here recently, there’s an exhibition at Kent Fine Art in New York of the work made by artist/inventor/architect Paul Laffoley…
Paul Laffoley: Ambitious retrospective of visionary artist opens tomorrow night in NYC
Alchemy: The Telenomic Process of the Universe, 1973. Oil, acrylic, ink and vinyl lettering on canvas, 73 ½ x 73 ½ in. If you live…
More About Paul Laffoley
Paul Laffoley was an American artist, architect and visionary known for his intricate paintings exploring science, philosophy and metaphysics.
Paul Laffoley is best known for creating large-scale conceptual artworks combining architecture, mathematics, religion and speculative science.
Paul Laffoley's work has been exhibited internationally and is held in major public and private collections, including the American Visionary Art Museum.