Zola Marcus (1915 – 1998), long-time resident of New York and abstract painter attended the 1953 Summer Institute at Black Mountain College where he studied painting with Joe Fiore and Esteban Vicente. This full-color catalogue accompanies the 2017 Zola Marcus: Kinetic Origins exhibition. Alongside images of Marcus' work, it includes essays on Marcus' life + art by his niece Julie Feinsilver and Garry L. Hagberg Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College.