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Alex Grey
This nOde last updated September 19th, 2003 and is permanently morphing...
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A Vision

In 1976 my wife, Allyson, and I had an experience that changed our lives and our art. We sacramentally ingested a large dose of LSD and lay down. Eventually a heightened state of consciousness emerged in which I was no longer aware of physical reality or my body in any conventional sense. I felt and saw my interconnectedness with all beings and things in a vast and brilliant Universal Mind Lattice. Every being and thing in the universe was a toroidal fountain and drain of self-illuminating love energy, a cellular node or jewel in a network that linked omnidirectionally without end. All duality of self and other was overcome in this infinite    dimension of spiritual light. I felt I had been there before, or perhaps in some way was always there. This was the state beyond birth and death, beyond time, our true nature, which seemed more real than any physical surrounding and more real even than my physical body. The clear light matrix arose out of a field of pure emptiness. As utterly convincing as it was, when the light receded, I opened my eyes to behold Allyson and our bedroom once again. I was somewhat shocked to learn that she had experienced the exact same transpersonal dimension at the same time, which we determined by our descriptive drawings and discussion of the awesome beauty of the state. This experience of the infinite net of spirit transformed our lives and gave us a subject that became the focus of our art and our mission.

- Alex Grey 

exhibit at the Rico Gallery in Santa Monica
witnessed 10/9/99 2:00PM with Tessa.  what i didn't realize was that the works can be viewed in 3D with glasses.  i've seen posters of his work in bookshops before, but i didn't realize they were full blown 3D renderings.  apparently a few weeks before there was a private gathering with the artist at the gallery to explore psychedelic realms surrounded by his paintings.

transcript of infosheet:

alex grey - the visionary art of alex grey exhibit at the rico gallery
208 pier avenue santa monica, california  90405 310.399.5353 www.ricogalleryinc.com

_Gaia_ 1989
oil on linen
96"x144"
private collection (Vermont)

_Prostration_ 1994
oil on linen
60"x90"

_Nervous System_ 1979
oil on linen
84"x46"
collection of the artist

_Oversoul_ 1998-99
oil on linen
30"x40"
collection of the artist

_Transfiguration_ 1993
oil on linen
58"x72"
collection of the artist

_Painting_
oil on linen 30"x40"

_The Artist's Hand_
oil on wood
16"x16"
collection of the artist

_Theologue - The Union of Human and Divine Consciousness Weaving the Fabric of Space and Time in Which the Self and Its Surroundings are Embedded_ 1986
acrylic on linen
60"x180"
collection of the artist

_Nature of Mind_ 1995-96
oil on wood
7 panels 58"x68"
mounted in sculpted gilded frame
Gleich collection, Durham, NC

_The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors_
This tells of Alex Grey's dream of a Sacred Chapel that would house the Sacred Mirror Collection

_Psychic Energy System_ 1981
acrylic on linen
84"x46"
126"x66" framed
collection of the artist

_Spiritual Energy System_ 1981
acrylic on linen
84"x46"
126"x66" framed
collection of the artist

_Universal Mind Lattice_
acrylic on linen
84"x46"
126"x66"
collection of the artist

_White Light_
oil on linen
16"x20"

_Birth_ 1990-91
oil on linen
60"x44"
collection of the artist

_Dying_
1990
oil on linen
96"x144" (2 parts)
private collection (Vermon)

_Copulating_ 1984
oil on linen
75"x96"
private collection

_Deeply Seeing_ from Mission of Art Book 1996
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16"x1 1/2" framed

_Vision Practice_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16"x1 1 1/2" framed

_Artists At Work I_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16"x1 1/2" framed

_Vision Taking Form_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16" 1 1/2" framed
Chapel collection

_The Seer_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16" 1 1/2" framed
Chapel collection

_Mystic Eye_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16" 1 1/2 framed
Chapel collectoin

_Vajra Bush_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16" 1 1/2" framed
Chapel collection

_The Gift_
ink and pencil on paper
8"x12"
12"x16x1 1/2" framed
Chapel collection

• Anomalog: SonicVision Updates Planetarium Using Linux & Alex Grey
• cover art for 604 release _Witchcraft_ 12"x3 by Sandman on Matsuri Productions 1998 (depicts caduceus in the right hand) 

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