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"...not merely symbolic or imaginary...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
A beautiful, unusual work. -- The Midwest Book Review, May 2002
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
Grey's vision of a flawed but perfectible mankind stands as an antidote to the cynicism and spiritual malaise prevalent in much contemporary art. -- 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
A beautiful, unusual work. -- The Midwest Book Review, May 2002
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
Grey's vision of a flawed but perfectible mankind stands as an antidote to the cynicism and spiritual malaise prevalent in much contemporary art. -- 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
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Ten years of visionary artwork from a rare artist embraced by critics, spiritual leaders, and the general public during his lifetime. * Includes essays on Grey's work by the renowned art critic Donald Kuspit and by Stephen Larsen, author of Fire in the Mind: The Authorized Biography of Joseph Campbell. * The long-awaited follow-up to Sacred Mirrors, which has sold more than 50,000 copies and has appeared in five languages.
Every once in a great while an artist emerges who does more than simply reflect the social trends of the time. These artists are 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 they have found that vision in the art of Alex Grey.
Transfigurations is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Sacred Mirrors, one of the most successful art books of the 1990s. It includes all of Grey's major works completed in the past decade, including the masterful seven-paneled altarpiece Nature of Mind, called "the grand climax of Grey's art" by Donald Kuspit. Grey's portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with visionary depictions of universal life energy, leading us on the soul's journey from material world encasement to recovery of our divinely illuminated core.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grey grows up,
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This review is from: Transfigurations (Hardcover)
I have possessed a slightly beaten-up copy of Alex Grey's first book, Sacred Mirrors, since it was released, and I waited anxiously for Transfigurations to come out. Let me warn everyone: it is a book with a different message and focus than Mirrors. However, it is a message than many of us need to hear. This book focuses more on Grey's development as an artist, with an informative opening section on Grey's artwork through the years. It really gives meaning to his art to see the fruits of his confrontations with his "dark side" early on, and to see what those insights have contributed to the art he produces today. These pieces seem more personal than those in Mirrors, with Grey depicting families, birth, and his young daughter in his trademark hyper-realistic, transparent-skin style. He also includes some of his poems, which accompany a multi-part piece on the journey of the soul. Grey's earlier pieces tended to depict kisses, sex, or deities--universal themes we can all relate to. This book finds him paiting "headaches" or "despair" with the same insight he devotes to more upbeat subjects. Overall this is a great book, illustrating how Grey has grown as an artist over the years. If you are searching for just another "trip-book" on the order of his first publication, this may not be what you're looking for. But for me, it was an enriching view of what Grey's art is becoming as he, like many of us, tries to reconcile a transcendental and psychedelic worldview with a comforting and stable family life.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Spiritual Happiness,
By "frater_noshe" (Cleveland, OH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Transfigurations (Hardcover)
If you liked sacred mirrors this book is the next step up. Opening to the first part of the book shows Alexs' earlier works and performances which seem strange compared to recent works. However it takes you through his lifes works and shows a very logical progression for the artist. His art progresses from a dark macabre form to a magnificant, spirtual art with bright exuberant colors. With the turn of every page I felt myself slowly filling with spiritual happiness until the end of the book when I felt overcome with spiritual energy and immediately upon closing the book I went into a meditative state and had the most wonderful experience. A must have for any Alex Grey fan or any believer in the sacred purposes of art.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Psychedelic art,
This review is from: Transfigurations (Hardcover)
Truly edifying, powerfully enlightening art of the nervous system (peeled open) and all its glory.The universe is marvelous, indeed. Grey is a shining star.
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