The Door of Perception
The art of the Australian native people is one of the oldest artistic traditions alive. This selection shows paintings from the mid-fifties until now by artists from the Arnhem Land region in Northern Australia.
I think the deeper meaning of the depicted myths is impossible to decode for an outsider. But even the contemplation on an outer level makes us feel their underlying unity with the land and their ancestors.
Source: exhibition catalogue “Gemaltes Land” — 1994
This seminal book by Stanley Keleman explores the notion that physical human shape is interrelated with one’s emotional and psychological reality — mapping the geometry of somatic consciousness.
Her vibrant nature scenes convey a sense of the divine in nature and are reminiscent of the Transcendental Painting Group.
Sarah Schönfeld, an artist from Berlin puts different drugs on photographic negatives. The prints look fantastic…
I have always been drawn to things I found suggestive but couldn’t understand. The tarot is such a theme that speaks to my imagination but I can’t explain what it really is.
Apocalyptic landscapes imbued with an ominous presence, that reminds me of the frailty of everything we deem safe and irrefutable.
French artist Alexandra Duprez mentions Australian Aboriginal art as her main inspiration to take up painting.
My own infrequent writings are purely experientially and I’m not well-read enough to refer to the spiritual heritage of millenia. However others can.
The series investigates the effects of high voltage and household cleaning products on instant pull apart color film.
A perfect summer night and the mental state of being truly present to the current moment in time.
Rebecca Reeve creates portals from the domestic into the wilderness with a bit of household drapery.
Ben Tolman’s ink drawings reflect the fact that there is a subtle world we only perceive in non-ordinary states of consciousness.
My kind of art is showing something that exists. The fractal exists. I didn’t create it, I didn’t come up with it, I found it.
Richard Evans Schultes is the father of modern ethnobotany and some of his scholars carry on his heritage.
When I look at the sculptures of Constantin Brâncuşi I feel a deep serenity. It is the revelation of the…
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness.
Rajni Perera paints a vibrant sci-fi universe ruled by hybrid deities, demons, and powerful black heroines.
I was told it’s a pity that DOP is such a men’s club. And it’s true, the feminine is underrepresented.…
The Kogi hold a unique position; on a bloodstained continent they alone have never been conquered, and have succeeded in preserving their four thousand year old understanding of the world.
Alex Grey is best known for his paintings of see-through humans interwoven in the realm of energy. Until I experienced…
Jerry Uelsmann uses the technique of combination printing to create his dreamlike scenes.
