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.
Mr. Grey’s paintings take the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical and spiritual anatomy of the self. Grey’s portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with depictions of universal life energy, leading us on the soul’s journey from material world encasement to recovery of our divinely illuminated core.
Alex Grey is the author of Transfigurations, Sacred Mirrors and The Mission of Art. His work has graced the album covers of TOOL, Nirvana and the Beastie Boys, and has been exhibited around the world.
Sample caption:
“Inter” as “in between” or “connecting.” Graphically there are a series of vertical lines defining the central Being and connecting the two skull/fetus silhouettes. Skull/Fetus is a symbol of linear time – Birth/Death – within the horizontal expanse of material existence. Linear time is a sequence of tiny birth/deaths, yet at each moment of now is a possibility to awaken outside of time, to transcend time. InterBeing is pointing to our timeless essence beyond birth and death, yet embedded in, facing or surrounded by time.
Mr. Grey’s paintings take the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical and spiritual anatomy of the self. Grey’s portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with depictions of universal life energy, leading us on the soul’s journey from material world encasement to recovery of our divinely illuminated core.
Alex Grey is the author of Transfigurations, Sacred Mirrors and The Mission of Art. His work has graced the album covers of TOOL, Nirvana and the Beastie Boys, and has been exhibited around the world.
Sample caption:
“Inter” as “in between” or “connecting.” Graphically there are a series of vertical lines defining the central Being and connecting the two skull/fetus silhouettes. Skull/Fetus is a symbol of linear time – Birth/Death – within the horizontal expanse of material existence. Linear time is a sequence of tiny birth/deaths, yet at each moment of now is a possibility to awaken outside of time, to transcend time. InterBeing is pointing to our timeless essence beyond birth and death, yet embedded in, facing or surrounded by time.
