Anthony James is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on July 22, 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. Famous for his villainous roles and sexy appearances, he is renowned for his performances in various Western films and TV series, such as the series Unforgiven (1992); Gunsmoke (1967-69) as well as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-81).
He starred alongside He shared the screen with Clint Eastwood in the 1973 feature High Plains Drifter. in High Plains, a 1973 film. Drifter.
James originally debuted The Birch Series in New York City in 2005. It consisted of several variously sized, vertical light boxes with young birch tree trunks inside. The sculpture series references the containment and simulation of nature. The works have mirrored sides, which give the illusion of an endless birch forest. The pieces are composed of birch trees, metal, glass, and fluorescent lights or LEDs. The birch tree is associated with magical symbolism. Glenn O’Brien wrote about birch trees that their “magic…is rooted in [the] special relationship with fly agaric mushrooms – that famed toadstool of the red cap and white spots – which is so often associated with elves and spirits…Many anthropologists consider it to be a possible agent of the transformation of human consciousness.” Of the series, James said, “I think about the containment of nature. The containment of our own nature. There’s something about the individuals journey that is really at the root of it. Going into the forest — not knowing what you’ll find — not knowing if you’ll ever return… You can see the metaphor.”
James gained international recognition in 2008 for his work Kalos Thanatos (KΘ), Greek for “beautiful death”, when he burned his Ferrari F335 Spyder in a birch forest, and then displayed it in a mirrored glass box with birch tree trunks. James was inspired by the ancient Greeks, who made sacrifices to Aphrodite in birch forests. Glenn O’Brien lauded James’ Kalos Thanatos by describing it as daring: “I miss art going out on a limb…Just a slim limb that looks like there’s at least some chance of it snapping…Anthony James burned his Ferrari and put it in a box, amid, actually, a bunch of limbs. That was going for it….this work is pretty gutsy…The car was a victim, a sacrifice old-school redux.”
A son of Greek immigrants His childhood living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
