THE FIRST MANIFESTO OF VISIONARY ART

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THE FIRST MANIFESTO

OF VISIONARY ART

       What is Visionary Art?

       The sources of the visionary experience are many and varied: dreams, trance, madness, meditation, entheogens… This little book examines them all, pursuing both Visions of Light and Visions of Darkness. 

       Through the art and writings of Ernst Fuchs, H. R. Giger, Mati Klarwein, Robert Venosa, Johfra, De Es, Alex Grey and more, this new and unusual movement in art is put into proper perspective.

“An intelligent analysis of the worldwide phenomena.”

– Alex Grey

“Concise as an instrument for presenting the current state

and dimension of the visionary phenomenon.”

– De Es

FROM THE BOOK:

       “The visual language is a lost language, like cyphers undecyphered. But it underlies all that we dream each night. It invisibly appears whenever the images of vision flow in a meaningful way. It emerges from trance, contemplation, myth and madness. This ancient image-language, otherwise forgotten, is now being spoken once more…”

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Paperback: 72 pages

Publisher: Recluse; 1 edition (June 19, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0978263731

ISBN-13: 978-0978263737

Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.2 inches

A NOTE ON THE EDITIONS

The manifesto was originally published in 2001  → 

under the title A First Draft of A Manifesto of Visionary Art

in a Limited Edition of 200 signed & numbered copies (sold out)

which was also published online in

the first issue of The Visionary Revue.

A French Version of the Manifesto exists  →

translated by Florence Ménard

← As well as a Portuguese version

translated by Antar Mikosz

and a Russian version

is presently in the works.

← In 2010, I created an unlimited edition

which basically reprinted the original edition

while adding the 2010 Preface and changing the name to

The First Manifesto of Visionary Art.

It was also published online at academia.edu (see below).

AVAILABLE ONLINE

This book  may be read online

and is available for download on academia.edu:

THE FIRST MANIFESTO OF VISIONARY ART