ART, LIFE and UFOs

by Budd Hopkins

Overview

An intimate account, in three interlocked themes, of one man's remarkably complex life.

ART: Budd Hopkins was a nationally known Abstract Expressonist painter, with works in the collections of the Guggenheim, Whitney, and Metropolitan Museums, as well as Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and New York's Museum of Modern Art. In this revealing memoir, Hopkins explains the development of his work and describes with keen insight his friendships with senior artists such as Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, and Robert Motherwell, and the importance he finds in their work.

LIFE: Beginning with his childhood and youth in West Virginia, a period that remains a central theme in this memoir, Hopkins goes on to discuss his life as a victim of polio during the pandemic of the 1930s, his complex relationship with his father, his participation in the famous "Cedar Bar years" of Abstract Expressionism, his adventures evading the attentions of several prominent members in New York's once closeted gay scene, and his summer life in Cape Cod.

UFOs: Hopkins also spent more than 30 years investigating UFO reports and is considered the world expert on UFO abductions. He has authored four seminal books on the subject, including Missing Time and the New York Times bestseller Intruders, which was the subject of a CBS miniseries. Among the personal or professional relationships he writes about during his research are those with the astronomers Carl Sagan and J. Allen Hynek, the philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller, and the Harvard psychiatrist John Mack.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933665412
Publisher:	Anomalist Books
Publication date:	06/24/2009
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Budd Hopkins (June 15, 1931 - August 21, 2011) was a highly respected American artist who is widely regarded as "the father of alien abduction phenomena research."

Table of Contents

PART ONE: BEGINNINGS

Wheeling, West Virginia

The Night of the Martians

Washington, D. C., and the Coming War

Toy Guns and a Real Bomber

Family Racism

Sex in the Boonies

Elite Imprisonment

PART TWO: ART

Art, Oberlin, and a New Life

Nicki, the Motherwell Seminar, and Europe

Manhattan, At Last

Three Painters:

Mark Rothko

Jackson Pollock

Franz Kline

Struggling Through the 1950s

Politicians, Writers, and Musicians

Dodging Hits

A New, Life-Changing Decade

The August UFO Sighting

Aftermath

October 31, 1966

Navigating Some Turbulent Times

April, Grace, and Mahler's Castle

PART THREE: UFOs

One Mile from Broadway

Catching Up

The Erosion of Doubt

The Case of the Connecticut Hikers

Guardians, Temples, and Altars

Longpoint Gallery

Missing Time

NBC News - The Catalyst

Straddling Two Lives

Calming the Tremors

Robert Motherwell and the Sculpture Years

Intruders

The Novelist and the Movie Star

The Curious Case of Carl Sagan

The March to Seniorhood

Three Portrait Sketches:

J. Allen Hynek

John Mack

Laurence Rockefeller

Life in the New Millennium

PART FOUR: A FEW FURTHER THOUGHTS

Cape Cod and New York

Soul Map

Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is an excellent book - well written, compulsively readable, often funny, enlightening. Budd sent it to me in manuscript, and I raced through it in several sittings. I recommend it highly." - UFO historian Jerome Clark

"Art, Life and UFOs is a significant book, one worth reading carefully. It is important and revealing...Whatever your take on UFOs and abductions, you should read this book if you want to understand the subject better...Hopkins's memoir is indispensable." -- Peter Brookesmith, Fortean Times

"I found the book to be captivating, and while much of the UFO related material can be found in Budd's other books, the condensed version here made it all easier to understand. It brought a bright light on his introduction and then immersion into UFOs and abductions...So, in the end, we have a fascinating book about Budd Hopkins. We have a book that is necessary for the student of UFOs, but also for the student of the Arts...This...is a book that should be read by those interested in UFOs, in art, and in the human condition. It also provides, though I don't think it was intentional, a history of the evolution of American society from the end of the depression to the point we have reached today." - Kevin Randle, A Different Perspective

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