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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. This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... In biological psychology, awareness describes a human or animals perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mysticism (ancient Greek mysticon = secret) is meditation, prayer, or theology focused on the direct experience of union with divinity, God, or Ultimate Reality, or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. ... This article should appear in one or more categories. ...


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. Adolf Wölflis Irren-Anstalt Band-Hain, 1910 The term Outsider Art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (which literally translates as Raw Art or Rough Art), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ...


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." The University of Münster (German Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university located in the city of Münster in Germany. ...


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. Hieronymus Bosch; alleged portrait (around 1560) Hieronymus Bosch, also Jeroen Bosch, ( 1450 – August, 1516) was a prolific Dutch painter of the 15th and 16th century. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... Morris Graves (August 28, 1910 - May 5, 2001) was a notable 20th century artist and a founder of the Northwest School. ... JAMES EMIL BISTTRAM (1895-1976) Hungarian born, American Artist, lived in New York, Taos, New Mexico and was known for his modernist work. ... Self portrait of Gustav Moreau, 1850 Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Max Ernst. ... Santanas Abraxas (album) cover by Mati Klarwein Psychedelic art is art inspired by the psychedelic experience induced by drugs such as LSD, Mescaline, and Psilocybin. ...


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. The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. ... Ernst Fuchs (b. ... Arik Brauer in 2006 Arik Brauer (born 1929). ...

Annunciation by Mati Klarwein from the Santana Abraxas album cover.
Annunciation by Mati Klarwein from the Santana Abraxas album cover.

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Cover of the Carlos Santana album Abraxas This is an album cover. ... Cover of the Carlos Santana album Abraxas This is an album cover. ... Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947), is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Abraxas is the second album by Santana, the popular latin rock n roll group named after lead guitarist Carlos Santana. ...

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. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ezekiel by Brigid Marlin Portrait of Nicole by Brigid Marlin Brigid Marlin (born January 16, 1936) is a fantasy and portrait artist living in England. ...


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 : Journal of Cosmic Play, established in 1999 by Daniel Mirante features a new interview bimonthly with well known visionary artists. The Surreal Visionary Art Forum, established by Australian Jon Beinart also provides a very useful networking tool for those interested in the contemporary movement. Jon also founded the Surreal Visionary Art Collective which exhibits visionary artists in context of the movement.


More recently, a new wave of visionary artists collaborate under the umbrella of Elfintome, Tribe 13 and Lila, which function as modern cooperatives involved in self-publishing and promotion of visionary artists through the internet and via festivals such as Burning Man and BOOM, and exhibition /ritual spaces such as Synergenesis and the Interdimensional Art Movement. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The event is named after its Saturday night ritual, the burning of a wooden effigy. ...


Old master visionary artists

William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... Hieronymus Bosch, (latinized; also Jeroen Bosch or his real name Jeroen van Aken) (c. ... Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a Spanish (Catalan) surrealist painter. ... Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. ... Self portrait of Gustav Moreau, 1850 Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Useless Science or the Alchemist, 1955 Remedios Varo Uranga (December 16, 1908 - October 8, 1963) was a surrealist painter. ... Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism. ... Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. ... Morris Graves (August 28, 1910 - May 5, 2001) was a notable 20th century artist and a founder of the Northwest School. ...

Visionary artists

Pablo Amaringo is an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca. ... Ernst Fuchs (born February 13, 1930) is an Austrian visionary painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. ... Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... A. Andrew Gonzalez (October 13, 1963) is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide. ... Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a German painter. ... Paul Laffoley (b. ... Ezekiel by Brigid Marlin Portrait of Nicole by Brigid Marlin Brigid Marlin (born January 16, 1936) is a fantasy and portrait artist living in England. ... Elle Nicolaï is a California artist who creates transcendental paintings, symbolic drawings on paper, and spiritual photography. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Mark Ryden Mark Ryden (b. ... Born 1978 USA. Primarily a painter based in Vienna. ... De Es Schwertberger (born Dieter Schwertberger 1942, Gresten, Austria), commonly known simply as De Es (since 1972), is an Austrian artist, painter and modeller. ... Anne Sudworth is a British artist known for her paintings of magical earth light trees and haunting moonlit landscapes. ... Robert Venosa is an Spanish American painter who lives in Boulder, Colorado. ... X-8, Reincarnation, 5 feet by 6 feet, 2007 X-8 (born 1960 in Whittier, California) is an American painter of visionary and outsider art. ...

Books

  • 2005 - Fantastic Art (Taschen)( Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition)
  • 2007 - Metamorphosis (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8
  • 1979 - Celestial Visitations The Art of Gilbert Williams (Pomegranite artbooks) ISBN 0-517539-00-4
  • 1975 - Cosmic Art Ramond & Lila Piper (Hawthorne Books) ISBN 0-8015-1774-5

Related genres

Symbolist painters were part of a 19th century movement in which art became infused with mysticism, and by the closely allied Symbolist movement in literature. ... Max Ernst. ... Adolf Wölflis Irren-Anstalt Band-Hain, 1910 The term Outsider Art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (which literally translates as Raw Art or Rough Art), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created... Santanas Abraxas (album) cover by Mati Klarwein Psychedelic art is art inspired by the psychedelic experience induced by drugs such as LSD, Mescaline, and Psilocybin. ... Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. ... Photography, Jerry Uelsmann Digital Art, George Grie Fine Art, HR Giger Neosurrealism in architecture Neosurrealism in pop-art Neosurrealism or Neo-Surrealism is a term that has been given to the reappearance of well-known surrealism movement in the late 1970s. ...

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ART VISIONARY (644 words)
Art Visionary Magazine is an international art journal of the fantastic, surreal and visionary.
Secondly, Art Visionary has built a substantial international art collection, which includes Fantastic, Outsider and Visionary art that will be used to promote these movements via exhibitions domestically and abroad over the coming years.
Next, the long awaited book featuring the life and work of visionary artist Felix Tuszynski is now to be published in two languages (English and Polish) by the Plock Art Museum in Poland, and should be available for sale by March 2000 through the Museum and Art Visionary.
What Is Visionary Art? by Alex Grey (1506 words)
Whatever we choose to call it, the visionary realm is the space we visit during dreams and altered or heightened states of consciousness.
Art’s key role in the human drama is that of a "great convincer." The artist posits one myth, religion, or ideology over another, yet also always expresses the raw passion and evolutionary force of the inner world itself.
A visionary art history lesson would include representations of mythic deities and demons: the Mayan feathered serpent; Egyptian and Greek sphinxes; and Indian, Balinese, and Thai portrayals of many-limbed, many-headed beings housed in complex mandalas.
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