Oleg Korolev
The accomplished Russian painter Oleg Korolev studies themes of mystical theology, mythology and depth psychology.
The images in Ann McCoy's works come from dreams, a process known as incubation in the Greek world. Incubation, a "sleeping in", was used to record dreams for therapeutic and prophetic ends. For McCoy, dreams represent a philogenetically older mode of thought linked to nature and very much needed as ...
Steve Beyer is a renaissance man who seems perfectly configured to act as a messenger agent between the indigenous wisdom traditions and the modernist capitalist cultures that so urgently need the radical vision of spiritual and ecological interconnectivity conveyed in the realms of Ayahuasca shamanism in South America. Reading his biographical ...
Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Horacio Bustos is an artist who's originality lies in a sidereal fusion of warrior-like, religious, medieval, fetishistic and gothic influences. Daniel Mirante: I see many combined diverse influences in your art, of mythology, ancient wars, and bizzare visions. How do you access these frequencies? What ...
Yvonne McGillivray is an outsider artist, painter and fashion designer who grew up in the west Highlands of Scotland, and has resided in the magical and wild Cornwall and the liberal and diverse city of Brighton, England. Her studio is filled with Guatemalan effigies, animal fur, feathers, skulls, crystals, plants, ...
Visionary Art / Sacred Art Our world has a resplendent depth. One of the great goals of sacred art of all ages, it to bring the transcendental and magical perspective into the matrix of mundane, utilitarian culture, thereby realizing culture as a natural, universal, spiritual form, rather than a happen-stance of ...
Karen Hsiao is a shamanic or magical artist whose work veers between beauty and the grotesque. In her early years Hsiao focussed on figurative painting but has since explored the body and its space through photography, conjouring narrative worlds through the design of set, costume and interaction with other artists ...
"Chet's art is beautiful & scary. His style has a modern twist crashing into a classical approach. I think Chet is a master painter on his way to making a great mark in our little world..." - Adam Jones (TOOL) Chet Zar interviewed by Daniel Mirante Daniel mirante Have you ever thought of ...
Steven Eye is widely known as a one-man force for the arts in Tucson, USA. He is that rare breed of artist who manages to create extraordinary work while supporting other artists. His remarkable masks and sculptures are beautiful and archetypal at once. There are many reasons to visit Steven's ...
The mission of this website is to explore, archive and present the emergence of a contemporary sacred and visionary art within the context of global culture.
January 25th, 2010 | Published in Interviews | 4 Comments
The incredible painter Ann McCoy guides us first hand through the powerful archetypal imagery of her paintings, recounting a major initiatory passage catylised by her mothers death. Highly recommended viewing.
January 25th, 2010 | Published in Visionary Art Culture
By Erik Davis
With its floating Roger Deanscapes and hallucinogenic flora, the manifest world of Avatar instead spoke another truth: that the jungle pantheism that now pervades the psychoactive counterculture has gone thoroughly mainstream.
January 14th, 2010 | Published in Visionary Art Culture
In this scholarly article, reprinted with generous permission from the Museum of European Art (USA) Prometheus issue 151, the visionary painter Oleg Korolev describes the spiritually corrosive forces of modernism and its extreme arrogance in denouncing and abandoning the spiritual and sacred art lineages, that have functioned as repositories of sacred symbols and meanings pertaining to the most intimate levels of the spiritual life of man.
In the core of downtown LA is the emergence of a new collection of creative energies, a colourful community united by the a collective yearning for change. Gathering together in the spirit of the artful imagination, these visionaries are reflecting our transition into a new kind of culture
Steve uses his own compelling experience with meeting and knowing Mestizo Ayahuasca shamans to thread together a detailed understanding of the rituals and worldview of the Ayahuasquero, expressing his understanding of the deep aspects of his subject, such as the realms, entities and forces of the shamanic realms, with a refreshing phenomenological purity, humility, and respect for the mysteries.
Sacred art cannot be delineated as a discreet movement, or genre. Sacred and visionary elements are to be found across the spectrum of art, across all times and places. Visionary art is an expression of profound and mysterious levels of consciousness. And it is ancient, the ‘original art’, whos aim is to continually revive and resurrect a profound respect of mystery within the matrix of culture.
Experts from various fields and disciplines come together to address the issue of consciousness
and its modified states: Neuroscience, Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Shamanism,
Psychotherapy, History, Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Etnology and Art.
In the core of downtown LA is the emergence of a new collection of creative energies, a colourful community united by the a collective yearning for change. Gathering together in the spirit of the artful imagination, these visionaries are reflecting our transition into a new kind of culture
First Temple of Visions photos found at Rychard Mac’s photo blog. It looks amazing !
2010 starts with the first group exhibition project for Fantastic Visions. We will be exhibiting the artwork of Dennis Konstantin, Micha Colory Krebs and Leo Plaw at the Lichtenberger Kultschule in Berlin. The exhibition will comprise a selection of the artists paintings.
Jan. 9, Los Angeles – Temple of Visions dives onto the Los Angeles art scene with a new 2500 sq. ft. gallery & sacred space. Helmed by downtown resident & art scene regular Jimmy Bleyer, Temple of Visions seeks to bridge International visionary culture with the Los Angeles art world.
The accomplished Russian painter Oleg Korolev studies themes of mystical theology, mythology and depth psychology.
The emergence of skillful artists such as Kuba are re-kindling the flame that lights up from within the sacred arts of the divine.
By following the line of the brush, I am dedicated to the vastness of the Imagination – on a Quest to discover new and grand territories, with the path ahead full of wonderful & amazing surprises!
“By observing and depicting nature, people become more aware of its beauty and richness, and they learn to respect it.”