Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 6: 21-24)
21. George Dumpson's Place (Ed Emshwiller, 1965) Bill Lee & Jay Berliner “Emshwiller is mad, truly mad. Only mediocre craftsmen are like everyone else. The truly great craftsmen are creatures with demons at their service. And thus the borders of art and craft disappear in the mystery of created and found reality.” – Jonas Mekas Charley Varrick might not be the last of the independents after all. Ed Emshwiller is so underground he’s more like an earthworm than a visual artist.
