Transfigurations

Transfigurations
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Grey's art leads us on a transformative journey through the darkness of the material world to the divinely illumined core. 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)"G
It's awesome but I just found out you can go on Adam It's awesome but I just found out you can go on Alex Greys website and get the same book signed by Alex for like 10 dollars more. Yeah it takes a little longer to get it but it signed by friggin Alex Grey.. Book gets 5 stars We love Alex Grey's artwork (overall) and give the book itself 5 stars; That being said, the book was factory sealed and too tightly wrapped so the hardcover ends are warped as a result. It's still beautiful (on the inside). Shipping (Fedex Smartpost) was an absolute debacle and had I known they were sending the book through Smartpost I would have opted to pay for shipping.. "Beautiful book. Much larger than expected (I should really" according to Aleks Vee. Beautiful book. Much larger than expected (I should really start looking at the dimensions when I order products!) Great coffee table book and conversation starter.
He lives in New York. 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. . 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 São Paulo Biennial, and the
His portrayals of human beings blend anatomical exactitude with visionary depictions of universal life energy. The most extensive collection of Grey’s visionary artwork and life’s journey in one volume • Includes a foreword by Albert Hofmann and essays on Grey’s work by renowned art critic Donald Kuspit, philosopher Ken Wilber, and Stephen Larsen, author of Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind• 21,000 sold in hardcover since October 2001 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. Alex Grey’s striking artwork leads us on the soul’s journey from material world encasement to recovery of the divinely illuminated core.. 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