Category: Visionary

The Garden of Fernal Delights Book Launch

25/5/2015

The book 'Encyclopaedia of Fernal Affairs' will be launched at the inaugural exhibition of THE GARDEN OF FERNAL DELIGHTS taking place at the Bash Gallery in San Francisco on May 29th 2015

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FERNAL AFFAIRS

Press Release - published on Issuu

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Carrie Ann Baade - a funny tread on Facebook about Lisa Frank

4/3/2015

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Carrie Ann Baade - a funny tread on Facebook about Lisa Frank, someone I was blissfully unaware of until now. My world will never be the same again!
It culminated in me taking part of a quote from Carrie Ann and re-posting this:

I can't stand to read one or more of my students artists statements that say they have "studied the old masters" ...from taking one class with me -
I may vomit.

The following is a embedded post from Carrie Ann's Facebook page - I hope it remains, because if deleted, the embed will disappear also:

Post by Carrie Ann Baade.

What are we talking about here? Just to illustrate the subject, here is one image:

until a Facebook friend mentioned Lisa Frank, I was blissfully unaware of her! Now I know where all this 'Visionary' stuff comes from - Rainbows, Dolphins, Unicorns ........

To recover from the shock, please
check out the art of Carrie Ann Baade here:

Perilous Compassion of the Honey Queen by Carrie Ann Baade

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Exhibition in Novi Sad - "Antilogika Image"

7/2/2015

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I am participating in this upcoming exhibition - Opening on February 9th in Novi Sad, Serbia.

„Антилогика слике“- интеракција визуелног и писаног
"Antilogika Image"
the interaction of the visual and writing
opening February 9th 2015

„Антилогика слике“- интеракција визуелног и писаног 9. 2. 2015.

My work in this show will be Fomorii General

Изложба слика „Антилогика слике“ и промоција истоимене књиге (збирке приповедака) идејног творца сликара Славка Крунића, одржаће се у понедељак, 9. фебруара од 19 часова у Ликовном салону Културног центра Новог Сада.

The Exhibition "Antilogika Image" and the promotion of the book (collection of short stories) curated by painter Slavko Krunić, will be held on Monday, February 9th at 19:00 hr in the Art Salon of the Cultural Center of Novi Sad.

„Антилогика слике“- интеракција визуелног и писаног

Окосница прича у књизи су слике, али сагледане кроз хумор, иронију, гротеску, апсурд… Ово занимљива комбинација подразумева интеракцију слике и текста, па су стога разни писци позвани да напишу кратке приче „према мотивима“ слике неког од предвиђених уметника. По одабиру Крунића састављена је листа од 15 сликара, а по предлогу Мирјане Огњановић, направљена је листа писаца.

Након новосадског представљања слика и књиге, планиране су изложбе и промоције збирке приповедака у другим градовима Србије, као и у Словенији, Бугарској, Црној Гори и Италији.

- „Антилогика слике“ има сасвим посебан положај међу књигама. Она се данас јавља у нарочитој форми пинакобиблиотеке, тј. збирке коју сачињавају сликарска и прозна дела. Збирка обухвата, поред осталог, и врхунске домете цивилизације: сатиру, гротеску, иронију и апсурд, који су посредством једног „породичног споразума“ склопљеног са новим сувереном из династије Хум-ор, послужили за испитивање бескрајних веза ликовних и књижевних искустава – рекао је Славко Крунић.

The backbone of the story in the book are pictures, but perceived through humor, irony, grotesque, absurd ... This interesting combination of the interaction of image and text, and therefore various writers were invited to write a short story, "according to themes" pictures of some of the most anticipated artists. By choosing Krunić composed a list of 15 artists, a proposal by Mirjana Ognjanović developed a list of writers.

After presenting the Novi Sad pictures and books are planned exhibitions and promotions collection of short stories in other cities of Serbia, as well as in Slovenia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Italy.

- "Antilogika image" has a very special position among the books. It is now common in the particular form pinakobiblioteke, ie. collection consisting of paintings and prose. The collection includes, among other things, the top reaches of civilization: the satire, the grotesque, irony and absurdity, which means a "family agreement" concluded with the new sovereign dynasty Hum-or, were used for testing the endless connection of art and literary experience - said Slavko Krunić.

UPDATE - about the opening on February 9th, posted the following day on the Cultural Center Novi Sad website:

ИЗЛОЖБА СЛИКА И ПРОМОЦИЈА КЊИГЕ „АНТИЛОГИКА СЛИКЕ“
EXHIBITION AND PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK
"ANTILOGIKA PICTURES"

ИЗЛОЖБА СЛИКА И ПРОМОЦИЈА КЊИГЕ „АНТИЛОГИКА СЛИКЕ“

pictures from the opening (text in Serbian) on the Cultural Center website.

Cultural Center Knjaževac - April 24th 2015

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On Vision and Being Human - a Series by Bruce Rimell

7/12/2014

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On Visions and Being Human

I like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the writings and art of my good friend Bruce Rimell.
I also publish a website called VISIONARY ART EXHIBITION. While we were both showing at the Dreams & Divinities Exhibition in Mexico where Bruce also gave a lecture, we talked about Bruce sharing his thoughts to a wider audience and I offered for him to blog on the VA Exhibition site. Since April 2014, Bruce had posted many great topics, of which the latest is On Visions and Being Human.

In his September introduction to this series, he writes:
"In one of my first posts on this blog, I mentioned that one of my writing projects, entitled 'On Vision', would eventually be featured here on 'Archaic Visions'. In the ensuing period, the remit of this writing project has rather expanded, and thus is now called 'On Vision and Being Human' to reflect the wider purview - Darwinist, neurological, cognitive - that I am taking in my quest to come to a new understanding of the nature of visionary experience. As I write, this essay stands at some 45,000 words with a few more sections still to write, and as such, the serialisation here will likely last a long time! Eventually, an illustrated book is planned... For now, however, here is the introduction to the thesis, which I hope will whet your appetite for further reading."

Since then, he continued with parts 1, 2 and 3 in October. The next installation however had to wait until December, since he was ill for a period of time.
After a bit of a hiatus, on Bruce Rimell's ARCHAIC VISIONS blog, a new installment of his treatise on visionary experience, ON VISION AND BEING HUMAN. Here is painted a rough sketch of image of the ubiquitous human experience of hidden realms and visionary worlds held to exist beyond mundane reality, and the transmission of this idea down the centuries.

Forthcoming posts will resume normal service, with features on mythical images of emergence, the Bird Man of Lascaux and the complex beliefs behind Wandjina rock art figures in Australia, as well as regular installments of the treatise. Enjoy!

Published so far:

On Vision and Being Human - Introduction
On Vision and Being Human 1, 2 & 3 - Sacred Other and Visionary Ambiguity
On Vision & Being Human 4: The Classical Image of the World-Beyond-Worlds

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BEYOND BORDERS AND OUT OF THE BOX: Endangered Visions

16/11/2014

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BEYOND BORDERS AND OUT OF THE BOX: Endangered Visions

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts Gallery proudly presents Endangered Visions/ International Art Exhibit.
NCCA Gallery,
633 General Luna St. Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Manila, Philippines

November 15th to November 30 2014
Monday to Friday 9am -5pm
Sat-Sunday 10am-4pm,
Contact NCCA

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the Philippine institution tasked to coordinate & implement the overall policies and program on Philippine culture and arts.

for a complete listing of
Exhibitions by Otto Rapp click

EXHIBITIONS

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Exhibition Ammon-Ra Gallery in Mexico

6/11/2014

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I am happy to be part of this select group of artists in the debut exhibition of this new gallery AMMON-RA in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico

Gabriela Garza Padilla :
"With great happiness I'm announcing the opening of my art gallery AMMON - RA GALLERY of the Visionary and Fantastic Arts , with this extraordinary group show with 10 of the best worldwide artists of the Visionary, Fantastic and Surreal genres. November 6th. 20:00 hrs"

Lázaro Garza Ayala, 239
(casi esq. con Rio Suichate)
Col. Lomas del Valle,
San Pedro Garza García

Here are my two works that will be shown:

GONZO - IS THAT YOU?

OFFSPRING OF TIAMAT - THE FOMORII UNION

And this is the embedded initial post by Gabriela Garza Padilla from facebook:

Post by Gabriela Garza Padilla.

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New Calendars for 2015 by Otto Rapp

6/11/2014

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NEW 2015 CALENDARS by OTTO RAPP
Makes a great Christmas Present!

Since September 2014 available in my shop at DeviantArt: the new Calendars for 2015 - different artwork of mine is featured in each - a keepsake, premium quality printing!

2015 CALENDAR by Otto Rapp - Version 1

preview and order HERE

2015 CALENDAR by Otto Rapp . Version 2

preview and order HERE

Find more superior quality prints and related merchandise in my
DEVIANT ART SHOP

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Art of the Mystic - Vernissage Photos from the Winehouse Wien

1/11/2014

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Exhibition Opening on October 30. 2014
Winehouse Wien
Schottenfeldgasse 92

This slide show has contributions from several photographers - as more pictures become available, there will be more added, so bookmark this blog page for updates to come within the next few days.

EXHIBITION "ART OF THE MYSTIC OTTO RAPP" at the WINEHOUSE WIEN

mouse over for controls - slide show may be viewed full screen!

Additional album by Leo Toetsch
"People Pictures"

For the previous blog entry Invitation
and preview slide show of the artwork

click here

ÜBER MEINE WERKE - About my works (german)

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Exhibition Otto Rapp at the Winehouse in Vienna

24/10/2014

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UPDATE:
Photos from the Exhibition Opening are now posted in a separate blog

HERE

WINEHOUSE - Schottenfeldgasse 92, 1070 Wien

Anni Fuchs (center) with Otto Rapp (left) and Peter Prehsl (right) at the Winehouse

last adjustments, hanging the exhibition at the Winehouse yesterday (Oct. 27th). With Anni Fuchs and Peter Prehsl - but I have no idea who this medieval monk is in the center of the picture, seen from behind .....

Photos on location by Leo Toetsch