tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post8893020357543130024..comments2024-03-29T03:15:43.605-04:00Comments on surface fragments: Chinese Fables and Indian Yogic ArtAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-22596598124452888202011-12-08T12:39:32.925-05:002011-12-08T12:39:32.925-05:00It has, if you look at the evidence of exhibitions...It has, if you look at the evidence of exhibitions and publications like LACMA's 1986 "The Spiritual in Abstract Painting: 1890-1985" or Roger Lipsey's "The Spiritual in Twentieth Century Art" or even classics from Ananda Coomaraswamy to the likes of art related comments from Joseph Campbell, even currently practicing "decorative" artists like Philip Taaffe or Robert Kushner.<br /><br />I for one, just find this topic endlessly fascinating and abidingly interesting.<br /><br />Love your blog, Al.<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />-- MMarkhttp://www.decorativeimaging.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-49742735280799332702011-12-08T11:41:33.270-05:002011-12-08T11:41:33.270-05:00Mark, it was your comment on the Italian Grand Tou...Mark, it was your comment on the Italian Grand Tour post that reminded me of this Chinese story. Thought you might like it. <br /><br />The spread and popularity of Buddhism (as an example) was precisely due to it's ability to adapt to new cultures. Dharma is, according to the Buddha, universal and can be understood by people of all Ages and Cultures.<br /><br />What you said about the School of Sacred Art is interesting considering we live in a time so utterly different from Siddhartha's. You'd think Art might have kept up with those changes.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-50633117216286630072011-12-08T10:24:43.642-05:002011-12-08T10:24:43.642-05:00Geesh, typed that one too fast.
It was the "...Geesh, typed that one too fast.<br /><br />It was the "School of Sacred Art" not scared art!!<br /><br />Apologies. I hope the basic gist got thru ...<br /><br />Just curious .. anybody else out there have an interest in this idea?markhttp://www.decorativeimaging.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-85693485661939320702011-12-08T10:16:56.602-05:002011-12-08T10:16:56.602-05:00The underlying motifs, point forms and point group...The underlying motifs, point forms and point group arrangements bear an obvious resemblance and relationship to the basic structures informing certain decorative schemes, or upon which certain decorative structures are formed. The yogic intent is quite specific and different from the typical motives for decor, but seeing this gets me wondering about ancient design lore and guild practices (I mean isn't it funny how much of what we know of ancient peoples, religions and their cultural values are contained, conveyed and preserved down the ages for us in the forms of art they made?) Anyhoo, it makes me wonder about the potential for a practical"yoga of decoration." Just a thought.<br /><br />Years ago, I visited the "school of scared art" in new York city on a hope that there was something alive goping on there. I was more than a little dissappointed to discover that they were only interested in repeating cultural traditions that head been long dead for thousands of years. When i asked them what they had to offer contemporary artists and artisans who were interested in the spiritual in art these days and what if any studio practicum they made available for interested people to explore, they just started blankly at me.<br /><br />There are many reasons why people throughout the ages have made geometric and naturalistic decor for their living spaces and not all of them have been for mere "prettification" or the cache of simulated luxury/wealth.<br /><br />The ancients knew something else about the inherent value of these forms and their effects on the psyche, as exemplified in these images.<br /><br />Just throwing that out there ...<br /><br />I do love the published works of Ajit Mookerjee.<br /><br />Lots of food for thought there to those artists with this interest.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />-- MarkMarkhttp://www.decorativeart.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-90008914631187506232011-12-07T15:16:07.719-05:002011-12-07T15:16:07.719-05:00ahhhh. Alan, you are a wise one! thank you for thi...ahhhh. Alan, you are a wise one! thank you for this(as I put off priming miles of canvas)...Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-7722119205653581952011-12-07T11:47:56.822-05:002011-12-07T11:47:56.822-05:00Alan, this is just the sort of tough love story I ...Alan, this is just the sort of tough love story I needed to get back into my studio. thanks.patrickgracewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809680469780228855noreply@blogger.com