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Title: Transfigurations by Alex Grey ISBN: 0-89281-851-4 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Art and Spirit for all of Mankind.
Comment: This well printed, well bound, book contains stunningly beautiful and provocative spiritual imagery that resonates with the truth within us. But anyone who has seen Mr. Grey's work before has come to expect this from him.
The real treat is that the pages contain an incredible amount of intensely interesting background information (and tons of photos!) on Alex's early works, as well as insightful commentaries by Albert Hoffmann, Stephen Larsen, Donald Kuspit, and Ken Wilber.
I have to say... I bought my copy at a higher price directly from Alex Grey's website (...). It showed up a few days after ordering, smelling of freshly printed ink, nicely wrapped and (best of all!) signed by Alex Grey.
While it is true that Alex Grey's most recent book celebrates the Journey within all of us, it also offers the reader the opportunity to be subtly transformed by the power of the imagery and lyrical writing contained within - something that we can all benefit from during these disturbing days and into the uncertain ones to come.
For this reader, the most exciting aspect of this book is the announcement of Alex Grey's plan to build a Chapel to house the Sacred Mirrors.
I have no doubt that this Chapel will be one of the wonders of our age.
May God Bless Alex, Allyson, and Zena Grey and give them all the strength, luck, and power to support each other into the distant years to come.
- G.F.
Rating: 5
Summary: Grey grows up
Comment: I have possessed a slightly beaten-up copy of Alex Grey's first book, Sacred Mirrors, since it was released, and I waited anxiously for Transfigurations to come out. Let me warn everyone: it is a book with a different message and focus than Mirrors. However, it is a message than many of us need to hear. This book focuses more on Grey's development as an artist, with an informative opening section on Grey's artwork through the years. It really gives meaning to his art to see the fruits of his confrontations with his "dark side" early on, and to see what those insights have contributed to the art he produces today. These pieces seem more personal than those in Mirrors, with Grey depicting families, birth, and his young daughter in his trademark hyper-realistic, transparent-skin style. He also includes some of his poems, which accompany a multi-part piece on the journey of the soul. Grey's earlier pieces tended to depict kisses, sex, or deities--universal themes we can all relate to. This book finds him paiting "headaches" or "despair" with the same insight he devotes to more upbeat subjects. Overall this is a great book, illustrating how Grey has grown as an artist over the years. If you are searching for just another "trip-book" on the order of his first publication, this may not be what you're looking for. But for me, it was an enriching view of what Grey's art is becoming as he, like many of us, tries to reconcile a transcendental and psychedelic worldview with a comforting and stable family life.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing
Comment: this guy blows my mind. As soon as you start flipping the pages you know you're in for a ride. I literally opened the Amazon.com box in which it came and found myself unintentionally going through this book on my living room carpet for about 40 minutes, just astounded at the sheer beauty and magnificent presence Mr. Grey's artwork has.
I highly recommend you buy Sacred Mirrors as well. Both definitely belong in your book collection.
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Title: Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey by Alex Grey, Ken Wilber, Carlo McCormick, Alexander Grey ISBN: 0892813148 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Mission of Art by Alex Grey ISBN: 157062545X Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Visionary Artist: Visualizations for Creative Exploration by Alex Grey ISBN: 156455709X Publisher: Sounds True Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Visions by Alex Grey ISBN: 0892811390 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
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Title: Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics by Allan Hunt Badiner, Alex Grey, Stephen Batchelor, Huston Smith ISBN: 0811832864 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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