Artist
Billy Al Bengston
American, 1934–2022
Billy Al Bengston was an American Contemporary Abstract artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Billy Al Bengston was born in Dodge City.
Billy Al Bengston was an American visual artist and sculptor who lived and worked in Venice, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Bengston was probably best known for work he created that reflected California's "Kustom" car and motorcycle culture. He pioneered the use of sprayed layers of automobile lacquer in fine art and often used colors that were psychedelic and shapes that were mandala-like. ARTnews referred to Bengston as a "giant of Los Angeles's postwar art scene."
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