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JACK ICENNSTROM
It i s f r o m t h e p e r i p h e r y t h a t th e g r e a t m o v e m e n t s in a r t o r i g i n a t e ,
f r o m i s o l a t e d , o f te n a l i e n a t e d v i s i o n s . J a c k W e n n s t r o m i s f o u n d t h e r e ,
u n c o m p r o m i s i n g in h i s a r t a n d in h i s lo w o p i n io n o f w h a t i s p r o m o t e d
a s th e a r t e s t a b l i s h m e n t . B e c a u s e a p a i n t i n g o f h i s w a s e x c l u d e d f r o m
a s h o w in g o f h i s w o r k s b y a l o c a l b u s i n e s s w h ic h h a d a n a v e r s i o n to
n u d e s ( h is n u d e s , a t l e a s t ) , W e n n s t r o m h a s s e t u p a g a l l e r y in th e o ld
h o t e l in w h ic h h e l i v e s , th e G i l m o r e , a s a s h o w p l a c e f o r a r t i s t s t o d i s ­
p la y w h a t e v e r w o r k s t h e y w i s h w ith o u t r e s t r i c t i o n s . W e n n s t r o m i s
t h i r t y - s e v e n y e a r s o ld , o r i g i n a l l y f r o m I d a h o , a n d i s s e l f - t a u g h t a s a n
a r t i s t . " A s a n a r t f o r m , p a i n t i n g i s d e a d , " h e s a y s a n d c l a i m s t h a t th e
l a s t p a i n t i n g w a s d o n e in 1 9 1 7 . " P a i n t i n g s a r e o n ly f r a g m e n t s , r e m ­
n a n ts , c l u e s , h in ts a b o u t a r t , g o d , lif e . T he a c t of p a in tin g is s e l f - j u s t i ­
f y in g a n d s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y . A v e r y s e l f i s h a c t . "