
Transfigurations
Alex Grey(Author)
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 9. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-59477-017-3 (ISBN)
Description
Every once in a great while an artist emerges who does more than simply reflect the social trends of the time. Such an artist is able to transcend established thinking and help us redefine ourselves and our world. Today, a growing number of art critics, philosophers, and spiritual seekers believe that they have found that vision in the art of Alex Grey. Transfigurations, the follow-up to Grey's Sacred Mirrors (1991)--one of the most successful art books of the 1990s--includes all of Grey's major works completed in the following decade, including the masterful seven-paneled altarpiece Nature of Mind,called "the grand climax of Grey's art" by Donald Kuspit. His portrayals of human beings blend anatomical exactitude with visionary depictions of universal life energy. Alex Grey's striking artwork leads us on the soul's journey from material world encasement to recovery of the divinely illuminated core.
Reviews / Votes
"Grey's vision of a flawed but perfectible mankind stands as an antidote to the cynicism and spiritual malaise prevalent in much contemporary art." * The New York Times * "Grey's work, like all great transcendental art, is not merely symbolic or imaginary: it is a direct invitation to recognize and realize a deeper dimension of our very own being." * Ken Wilber, author of Integral Psychology and The Eye of Spirit * "Alex Grey's visionary art gives form to what shamans see only with the eyes of the Soul. His work opens portals that allow us to perceive the luminous nature of life and of all creation." * Alberto Villoldo Ph.D., psychologist, shaman, and author of Healing States and Dance of the Four Win * "Alex Grey is making some of the most beautifully refined imagist work in the country today." * Walter Hopps, senior curator, Guggenheim Museum and Menil Collection * "A beautiful, unusual work." * The Midwest Book Review, May 2002 * "Grey brings us an ever-deepening visual contemplation on the nature of personal and transpersonal identity." * Bodhi Tree Bookstore, Winter 2002/Spring 2003 * "Grey's portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with visionary depictions of universal life energy. . . . a rare artist embraced by critics, spiritual leaders, and the general public during his lifetime. Grey's art leads us on a transformative journey through the darkness of the material world to the divinely illumined core. . . . an ever-deepening visual contemplation on the nature of personal and transpersonal identity." * SirReadaLot.org, Oct. 1, 2004 * "Alex Grey's art will bring you face to face with your soul and move you to a new level of enlightenment." * Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success *More details
Edition
2nd Edition, Paperback Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
202 color and 93 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 344 mm
Width: 269 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
1348 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59477-017-3 (9781594770173)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Alex Grey is the author of Sacred Mirrors and The Mission of Art. His work has been exhibited around the world, including at the New Museum and Stux Gallery in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Sao Paulo Biennial, and the ARK exhibition space in Tokyo. His art has also been featured in venues as diverse as album covers for the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, and Tool; Newsweek magazine; and the Discovery Channel. He lives in New York.
Content
Foreword
Albert Hofmann
Transfigurations
An Artist's Journey
Stephen Larsen
Early Years
Performance Rites
Hieros Gamos: Sacralizing Relationship
Interview with Alex and Allyson Grey
The Sacred Mirrors
Transfiguration
Alex Grey's Mysticism
Donald Kuspit
Art and the Integral Vision
A Conversation with Ken Wilber and Alex Grey
Nature of Mind
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
World Soul
Cosmic Christ
Acknowledgments
Albert Hofmann
Transfigurations
An Artist's Journey
Stephen Larsen
Early Years
Performance Rites
Hieros Gamos: Sacralizing Relationship
Interview with Alex and Allyson Grey
The Sacred Mirrors
Transfiguration
Alex Grey's Mysticism
Donald Kuspit
Art and the Integral Vision
A Conversation with Ken Wilber and Alex Grey
Nature of Mind
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
World Soul
Cosmic Christ
Acknowledgments