Visionary art
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| Laurence Caruana's Paris-based [[The Visionary Revue]] brings attention to lesser-known visionary artists and analyses aspects of visionary art from an erudite scholarly perspective. | Laurence Caruana's Paris-based [[The Visionary Revue]] brings attention to lesser-known visionary artists and analyses aspects of visionary art from an erudite scholarly perspective. | ||
| - | [[Lila: Visionary Art, Shamanism and the Transpersonal Vision]], established in 1999 by artist and author Daniel Mirante features a new interview and expose every few weeks with established and up-and-coming visionary artists. | ||
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| - | The [[Surreal Visionary Art Forum]], established by Jon Beinart also provides a networking tool for those interested in the contemporary movement. Jon also founded the [[beInart International Surreal Art Collective]] which exhibits visionary artists in context of the movement. | ||
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| - | More recently, a new wave of visionary artists collaborate under the umbrella of Elfintome and Lightscience which function as modern [[artist collectives|cooperatives]] involved in self-publishing and promotion of visionary artists through the internet and via festivals such as [[Burning Man]] and [[Boom_Festival|Boom Festival]], and exhibition/ritual spaces such as Synergenesis and the Interdimensional Art Movement. | ||
| ==Old master visionary artists== | ==Old master visionary artists== | ||
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| ==Visionary artists== | ==Visionary artists== | ||
| - | *[[Pablo Amaringo]] | ||
| - | *[[Michael Bowen]] | ||
| - | *[[Laurence Caruana]] | ||
| - | *[[David Em]] | ||
| *[[Ernst Fuchs (artist)|Ernst Fuchs]] | *[[Ernst Fuchs (artist)|Ernst Fuchs]] | ||
| *[[H.R. Giger]] | *[[H.R. Giger]] | ||
| - | *[[A. Andrew Gonzalez]] | ||
| - | *[[Alex Grey]] | ||
| *[[Rudolf Hausner]] | *[[Rudolf Hausner]] | ||
| *[[Mati Klarwein]] | *[[Mati Klarwein]] | ||
| - | *[[Oleg A. Korolev]] | ||
| - | *[[Paul Laffoley]] | ||
| *[[Brigid Marlin]] | *[[Brigid Marlin]] | ||
| - | *[[Michael Pearce]] | ||
| - | *[[Antonio Roybal]] | ||
| *[[Mark Ryden]] | *[[Mark Ryden]] | ||
| - | *[[Amanda Sage]] | ||
| - | *[[De Es Schwertberger]] | ||
| - | *[[Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat|Bunleua Sulilat]] | ||
| - | *[[Anne Sudworth]] | ||
| - | *[[Robert Venosa]] | ||
| - | *[[X-8 (artist)|X-8]] | ||
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| - | ==Books== | ||
| - | * 2007 - ''Metamorphosis'' (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8 | ||
| - | * 2006 - ''True Visions'' ([[Erik Davis]] and Pablo Echaurren) (Betty Books) ISBN 88-902372-0-1 | ||
| - | * 2005 - ''Fantastic Art'' (Taschen) ( Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition) | ||
| - | * 1979 - ''Celestial Visitations The Art of Gilbert Williams'' (Pomegranate Artbooks) ISBN 0-517539-00-4 | ||
| - | * 1975 - ''[[Cosmic Art]]''[http://www.erowid.org/library/books/images/cosmic_art.jpg] Ramond & Lila Piper (Hawthorne Books) ISBN 0-8015-1774-5 | ||
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| - | ==Related genres== | ||
| - | *[[Symbolist painters|The Symbolist and Decadent art movement]] | ||
| - | *[[Surrealism]] | ||
| - | *[[Outsider art]] | ||
| - | *[[Psychedelic art]] | ||
| - | *[[Fantastic art]] | ||
| - | *[[Neosurrealism]] | ||
| - | *Transcendental Painting Group | ||
| - | *[[Visionary environments]] | ||
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| - | ==References== | ||
| - | * ''Cosmic Art'' Ramond & Lila Piper (Hawthorne Books) ISBN 0-8015-1774-5, 1975 | ||
| - | * ''Celestial Visitations The Art of Gilbert Williams'' (Pomegranate Artbooks) ISBN 0-517539-00-4, 1979 | ||
| - | * ''Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of [[Alex Grey]]", Carlo McCormick, Inner Traditions International, 1990 | ||
| - | * ''Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond'' John Maizels,ISBN 0714831492, 1996 | ||
| - | * ''The Art of [[Adolf Wolfli]]'' Elka Spoerri, Daniel Baumann and E. M. Gomez, ISBN 0691114986, 2003 | ||
| - | * ''Nothing Is True - Everything Is Permitted: The Life of [[Brion Gysin]]'' John Geiger, (The Disinformation Company), 130. ISBN 19328571251, 2005 | ||
| - | * ''Fantastic Art'' (Taschen) ( Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition), 2005 | ||
| - | * ''True Visions'' ([[Erik Davis]] and Pablo Echaurren) (Betty Books) ISBN 88-902372-0-1, 2006 | ||
| - | * ''Metamorphosis: 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists'' (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8, 2007 | ||
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Visionary art is art that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual or mystical themes, or is based in such experiences.
Both trained and self-taught (or outsider) artists have, and continue to create visionary works. Many visionary artists are actively engaged in spiritual practices, and some have drawn inspiration from psychedelic drug experiences.
Walter Schurian, professor at the University of Munster, is quick to point out the difficulties in describing visionary art as if it were a discrete genre, since "it is difficult to know where to start and where to stop. Recognized trends have all had their fantastic component, so demarcation is apt to be fuzzy."
Despite this ambiguity, there does seem to be emerging some definition to what constitutes the contemporary visionary art 'scene' and which artists can be considered especially influential. Contemporary visionary artists count Hieronymous Bosch, William Blake, Morris Graves (of the Pacific Northwest School of Visionary Art), Emil Bisttram, and Gustave Moreau amongst their antecedents. Symbolism, Surrealism and Psychedelic art are also direct precursors to contemporary visionary art.
The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, which includes Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer, is also to be considered an important technical and philosophical catalyst in its strong influence upon the contemporary visionary culture.
Important networks and organisations
On the internet, the Society for the Art of Imagination, founded by Brigid Marlin serves as an important portal for visionary art events.
Laurence Caruana's Paris-based The Visionary Revue brings attention to lesser-known visionary artists and analyses aspects of visionary art from an erudite scholarly perspective.
Old master visionary artists
- William Blake
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Salvador Dalí
- Max Ernst
- Gustave Moreau
- Remedios Varo
- Frida Kahlo
- Edward Burne Jones
- Morris Graves
- Samuel Palmer
Visionary artists
