The Art of Guy Chase

We are excited to announce that our next book will soon be coming out. This new project, The Art of Guy Chase, explores the visual, conceptual, and spiritual complexities of one of the most provocative contemporary visual artists of faith. Chase’s art is characterized by intentionally cultivated contradictions between humor and sobriety, contemplation and irony, material tactility and sacred meaning. Lavishly illustrated, this book documents Guy Chase’s faithful response to an artistic calling and his methodical engagement with the history of Christianity and the visual arts as a strategy of renewing that relationship today.

This book is edited by Dr. James Romaine and has essays by Romaine, Wayne Roosa, Ted Prescott, Albert Pedulla, and Joel Sheesley. Dr. Romaine is going to lecture at Bethel on February 26th as part of the Monochrome Plus: Guy Chase Retrospective. Here is a link to a Facebook Event invitation.

Makoto Fujimura has said, "Guy Chase’s art is full of surprises, twists, humour, candor, inventiveness and delight; Chase takes the postmodern visual language to its ends of hubris and significance; always turning our assumptions upside down. This marvelous collections of his work and essays by friends/scholars creates a humble dialogue that lays a track for generations of future artists who wrestle with art and faith."

About this book Sandra Bowden wrote, "In a time when painting is suspect as an art form, Guy Chase’s subtle nuanced paintings celebrate the hand—the paint, the brush stroke, the surface texture and the very act of making art. A conceptual thread gives a spirit of modernism, yet each piece is an invitation to come close and enter Chase’s meditative world of devotional reflection. This book chronicles his spiritual and artistic journey and is a valuable contribution to the growing collection of books on artists of faith."


As soon as this book is released, it will be available through Hearts & Minds.