Date of Award
Fall 1-3-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Wen-shing Chou
Second Advisor
Michael Lobel
Academic Program Adviser
Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
Living and working in northern California between the late 1950s and 1990s, abstract painter Bernice Lee Bing practiced Zen, Nichiren, and Nyingma Buddhism. This thesis studies what the visual and conceptual impact of these spiritual practices had on her abstract and visionary paintings.
Recommended Citation
Ma, Lin, "Bernice Lee Bing’s Art and Spiritual Practice" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/695
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