Author Description

"Howling with rage, celebrating love, keening in grief, slyly or overtly suggesting sex, taunting the viewer, trickster artist Bratsa Bonifacho is at 85, midway through his ninth decade and after some 60 years as an artist, undiminished in passion and commitment. His driving force is what the French call 'raison d'être', the Japanese call 'ikigai', and, paraphrasing Stoic philosopher/Roman emperor Marcus Aruelius, 'doing what you were born for.' That doesn't make for an easy life. 'Celebration 2013-2022', the book, includes six newly featured painting series: Montparnasse Au Revoir (2013-16), Tablets (2016), Return to Babylonia (2016), Cloud (2019-22), along with the previously mentioned Grazioso Sempre (2014-15). Over 200 paintings are reproduced here from a decade's worth of new series and new work from previously featured series." --book jacket.