Friday Jun 14, 2013
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
THE POWERHOUSE ARENA [Dumbo]
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY
11201
Screening starts at 6 PM, followed by a Q&A with the author at 7 PM
Key to the Riddle is a fascinating look at one of America’s most notorious cult visionaries—a man who truly believed that art could save his life. Using Bess’s own hauntingly sincere words (in letters to Betty Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, and others) the book and documentary traces the life and logic of this forgotten artist and explains how a love of beauty and a desire for wholeness lead Bess to self-surgery to become a pseudo-hermaphrodite and, ultimately, a mental hospital.