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    LILA covers emerging contemporary visionary and sacred art, artists, exhibitions, and related themes such as deep ecology, shamanism, mythology and new global world culture.

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    Satty

    Restoring the Future oil/ canvas 41 x 66 inches 2010

    Mark Henson

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    Odd Nerdrum

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    Agostino Arrivabene

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    Philip Rubinov Jacobson

     

    Featured Artists

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    HR Giger

    H. R. Giger is one of the world’s foremost artists of Fantastic Realism. His airbrush innovations and ‘biomechanical’ aesthetics have been highly influential upon western culture.

    Artists by country:

    • USA
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Austria
    • Peru
    • Japan

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  • Interviews & Features

    Latest Interviews & Features

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    Gaian Entelechy – Jake Kobrin

    By Jake Kobrin

    This artwork GAIAN ENTELECHY is a tribute to this emerging visionary culture. It is a representation of the Earth spirit, of a noble consciousness that exists within the natural world. The Earth is alive. And we are a part of it.

    Healing by Autumn Skye Morrison

    Ars Sacrum – The Return of Sacred Schools of Illuminated Craftsmanship

    By Daniel Mirante

    Sacred art connects and integrates wisdom lines and knowledge traditions across space and time. It performs this through a traditionalism, an honoring of its antecedents, its elders, its generational progression, the creative gnostic flame passed from master to apprentice : sometimes directly, sometimes through distant strands of inter-connectivity.

    Lila has charted the contemporary visionary and sacred art movement by talking directly to those involved. Explore the themes, motifs, inspirations and approaches to creativity found in visionary art.

    Recommended

    • Maura Holden : Painting from the Hypersea of Spirit
    • Kuba Fiedorowicz : Visionary Art / Sacred Art
    • The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo
    • A Translator Of Visions – The Art of Martina Hoffmann

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  • News

    Latest news

    Stunning intervention in the TED controversy by 19 leading scientists

    An update on the TED ‘War on Consciousness’ debate…

    Healing by Autumn Skye Morrison

    Ars Sacrum – The Return of Sacred Schools of Illuminated Craftsmanship

    Sacred art connects and integrates wisdom lines and knowledge traditions across space and time. It performs this through a traditionalism, an honoring of its antecedents, its elders, its generational progression, the creative gnostic flame passed from master to apprentice : sometimes directly, sometimes through distant strands of inter-connectivity.

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    Visionary Art and Culture Month

    This is an opportunity and call to action for the exhibition of ideas, visions and leaders who are ahead of their time. Numerous gallery exhibitions and cultural happenings are being scheduled in Colorado during the month of May.

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    Support fund for Yvonne McGillivray

    This invitation to donate is dedicated in support of our beloved sister, artist and wise-woman Yvonne, as she bravely embarks on her healing journey after having a serious car accident in Scotland. Yvonne McGillivray, wise woman, visionary artist, and friend to many, has suffered serious injuries from a car accident — multiple fractures and in(…)

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    Gaian Entelechy – Jake Kobrin by Jake Kobrin

    This artwork GAIAN ENTELECHY is a tribute to this emerging visionary culture. It is a representation of the Earth spirit, of a noble consciousness that exists within the natural world. The Earth is alive. And we are a part of it.

    Ars Sacrum – The Return of Sacred Schools of Illuminated Craftsmanship by Daniel Mirante

    Sacred art connects and integrates wisdom lines and knowledge traditions across space and time. It performs this through a traditionalism, an honoring of its antecedents, its elders, its generational progression, the creative gnostic flame passed from master to apprentice : sometimes directly, sometimes through distant strands of inter-connectivity.

    Psychointegrator Plants: Their Roles in Human Culture, Consciousness and Health by Michael Winkelman

    The “sacred plants”, which are often called hallucinogens and psychedelics, have played important roles in ancient and contemporary societies, evoking powerful spiritual, emotional, social and cognitive reactions. Their importance for humanity is attested to by findings in many areas.

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    Upcoming Exhibitions & Events

    Questing the Sacred

    EnQuête du Sacré – “Questing the Sacred” Visionary Art Paris

    From Russia to Australia to London, Paris and Vienna to the West coast of the United States, these twelve artists (7 men and 5 women) unite on a quest to evoke the sacred.

    Fantastic Generations, Uncommon Visions, Vienna

    When people tap into “the muse,” they make contact with a higher source of creative inspiration. It is in this spirit that the artists represented in this show offer their work and the life of their art at this groundbreaking exhibition in Vienna.

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    3RD EYE art gallery – Boom Festival

    ON THE VISUAL END OF THE CREATIVE SPECTRUM, THE 3RD EYE GALLERY WILL SHOWCASE A VERY POWERFUL COLLECTION OF ART FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. There is an undeniable quickening occurring in our world today as our human population continues its exponential growth and expansion. The world is connected like we have never before seen and(…)

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Artists

Satty

Jun 13, 2012 Jim Harter in Articles, Artists 3 Comments Tags: Collage, Satty, USA

Satty

Satty was a legendary collage artist from San Francisco’s psychedelic era known for his psychedelic posters and book illustrations.

Mark Henson

Jun 4, 2012 admin in Artists No Comments Tags: mark henson, USA

Mark Henson

B.1952 Mark Henson was born and raised in Northern California, and attended University there, receiving a degree in studio art in 1973. He has been a professional artist ever since, working with paint, metal, wood and computers. He has co-founded several gallery ventures, traveled extensively in Asia and elsewhere, and now operates Sacred Light Studio(…)

Odd Nerdrum

May 31, 2012 admin in Artists No Comments Tags: Odd Nerdrum, Sweden

Odd Nerdrum

Odd Nerdrum (born April 8, 1944 in Helsingborg, Sweden), is a Norwegian figurative painter. Themes and style in Nerdrum’s work reference anecdote and narrative, while primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native Norway, and in(…)

Agostino Arrivabene

May 31, 2012 admin in Artists No Comments Tags: Agostino Arrivabene, italy

Agostino Arrivabene

“I enhance what is urgent inside me. Sometimes I translate what my essence demands into dim atmospheres. I raise universal human values to images, or symbols, or, even better, archetypes that transfigure reality through a language bound to ancient mysteries, such as the Eleusinian Mysteries…” Agostino Arrivabene was born at Rivolta d’Adda, near Cremona, Italy(…)

Philip Rubinov Jacobson

May 31, 2012 admin in Artists 2 Comments Tags: Philip Rubinov Jacobson, USA

Philip Rubinov Jacobson

Recognized as a central figure in both the Fantastic and Visionary genres’ of art.

A.Andrew Gonzalez

Mar 29, 2012 admin in Artists No Comments Tags: Andrew Gonzalez, USA

A.Andrew Gonzalez

A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries.

Martina Hoffmann

Mar 21, 2012 Daniel Mirante in Artists 1 Comment Tags: Martina Hoffmann, USA

Martina Hoffmann

Martina Hoffmann works as a painter and sculptress. Her painting style can be described as Transpersonal Realism.

Maura Holden

Mar 20, 2012 Daniel Mirante in Artists 2 Comments Tags: maura holden, USA

Maura Holden

… my paintings are a residue of this effort. But they are only shells, fossil imprints around the things I truly meant to give existence to…

Oleg Korolev

Mar 5, 2012 admin in Artists 1 Comment Tags: Oleg Korolev, Russia

Oleg Korolev

The accomplished Russian painter Oleg Korolev studies themes of mystical theology, mythology and depth psychology.

Robert Venosa

Feb 5, 2012 Daniel Mirante in Artists No Comments Tags: Robert Venosa, USA

Robert Venosa

Robert Venosa, a highly influential painter, is greatly respected for his masterly technique and intricate, crystalline imagery.

Kuba Fiedorowicz

Feb 5, 2012 Daniel Mirante in Artists No Comments Tags: Australia, Kuba Fiedorowicz

Kuba Fiedorowicz

The emergence of skillful artists such as Kuba are re-kindling the flame that lights up from within the sacred arts of the divine.

Daniel Mirante

Feb 2, 2012 Daniel Mirante in Artists 3 Comments Tags: Daniel Mirante, UK

Daniel Mirante

I am interested in making icons that honour the deep ecology, of mind and nature as one continuum, unbroken.

Aloria Weaver

Oct 3, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Artists No Comments Tags: Aloria Weaver, USA

Aloria Weaver

The highest function of Art is to illuminate the transcendental nature of all beings–our capacity to share an awakened consciousness.

Laurence Caruana

Oct 3, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Artists No Comments Tags: France, laurence caruana

Laurence Caruana

Caruana’s paintings are inspired by memories and dreams, experiments with entheogens, and the interplay of different cultural symbols and styles.

David Heskin

Aug 8, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Artists No Comments Tags: David Heskin, USA

David Heskin

In Heskin’s paintings, forms in nature become a language of consciousness.

Yvonne McGillivray

Jul 7, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Artists 3 Comments Tags: UK, Yvonne McGillivray

Yvonne McGillivray

Yvonne’s inspiration comes through visions, shamanic journeying, inner worlds and life experiences.

Melissa Shemanna

Jul 2, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Artists 3 Comments Tags: Australia, Melissa Shemanna

Melissa Shemanna

Through my art I aim to awaken… ancient cellular memories inherent within our DNA.

HR Giger

Mar 29, 2010 admin in Artists, Featured Artist No Comments Tags: Austria, HR Giger

HR Giger

H. R. Giger is one of the world’s foremost artists of Fantastic Realism. His airbrush innovations and ‘biomechanical’ aesthetics have been highly influential upon western culture.

Ernst Fuchs

Mar 29, 2010 admin in Artists, Featured Artist No Comments Tags: Austria, Ernst Fuchs

Ernst Fuchs

Immersed in dreams and symbolism, combined with technical and aesthetic innovation, Ernst Fuchs is a grandmaster of visionary and contemporary sacred art,

Greg Pettit

Feb 6, 2010 admin in Artists No Comments Tags: Australia, Greg Pettit

Greg Pettit

My body of work has more to do with the hyper-detailed doodles I made in my younger years than with anything I picked up in my formal training.

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  • Gaian Entelechy

    Gaian Entelechy – Jake Kobrin

    This artwork GAIAN ENTELECHY is a tribute to this emerging visionary culture. It is a representation of the Earth spirit, of a noble consciousness that exists within the natural world. The Earth is alive. And we are a part of it.

  • Stunning intervention in the TED controversy by 19 leading scientists

    An update on the TED ‘War on Consciousness’ debate…

  • Ars Sacrum

    Ars Sacrum – The Return of Sacred Schools of Illuminated Craftsmanship

    Sacred art connects and integrates wisdom lines and knowledge traditions across space and time. It performs this through a traditionalism, an honoring of its antecedents, its elders, its generational progression, the creative gnostic flame passed from master to apprentice : sometimes directly, sometimes through distant strands of inter-connectivity.

  • Visionary Art and Culture Month

    Visionary Art and Culture Month

    This is an opportunity and call to action for the exhibition of ideas, visions and leaders who are ahead of their time. Numerous gallery exhibitions and cultural happenings are being scheduled in Colorado during the month of May.

  • Support fund for Yvonne McGillivray

    Support fund for Yvonne McGillivray

    This invitation to donate is dedicated in support of our beloved sister, artist and wise-woman Yvonne, as she bravely embarks on her healing journey after having a serious car accident in Scotland. Yvonne McGillivray, wise woman, visionary artist, and friend to many, has suffered serious injuries from a car accident — multiple fractures and in(…)

  • An Academy of Visionary Art Set to Launch in Vienna

    An Academy of Visionary Art Set to Launch in Vienna

    The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art has just launched, offering courses, full academy training, exhibitions, publications and more. It is very significant in that it establishes a permanent center of operation for the re-emergence of sacred and visionary art into Western culture.

  • Psychointegrator Plants: Their Roles in Human Culture, Consciousness and Health

    The “sacred plants”, which are often called hallucinogens and psychedelics, have played important roles in ancient and contemporary societies, evoking powerful spiritual, emotional, social and cognitive reactions. Their importance for humanity is attested to by findings in many areas.

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