Ayahuasca Inspired

Ayahuasca Inspired 01 Oct 2011, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr.

Ayahuasca Inspired Art by Howard G Charing
October 2011, Acrylic on canvas

Ayahuasca Inspired - Howard G Charing

Ayahuasca Inspired - Howard G Charing, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr.

Acrylic on wood - August 2011

The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo - Article from Sacred Hoop

'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' - Article from Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 71

Shamanic Illuminations - The art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey, and Mieshiel

Shamanic Illuminations ACA Gallery NYC - Art by Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey, and Mieshiel

Shamanic Illuminations - The art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey, and Mieshiel

For Immediate Release August 15, 2011 Contact: Mikaela Sardo Lamarche 212.206.8080 curator@acagalleries.com Shamanic Illuminations: The Art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey and Mieshiel September 15 through October 22, 2011 Reception and Book Signing: Thursday, September 15 from 5 to 8pm Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 22 from 5 to 8pm Talk begins at 7pm ACA Galleries is pleased to announce Shamanic Illuminations: The Art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey and Mieshiel, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of three visionary artists. . Ayari Warmi, 20 Pablo Amaringo (1938-2009) was born in Peru. He was 10 years old when he first took ayahuasca--a visionary brew used in shamanism. A severe heart illness -and the magical cure via ayahuasca-led Amaringo toward the life of a shaman He eventually became a powerful curandero-learning the icaros, or healing songs, that the ayahuasca brew inspired in him. In 1985 Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman by Dennis McKenna and Luis Eduardo Luna was published. In 1988, Amaringo founded the Usko Ayar School of Painting in Pucallpa, a school dedicated to teaching art along with the rich botanical diversity of the jungle. Jehua Supai, 2004 Amaringo was honored with the Global 500 award from the UN Environmental Program in 1992. Pablo Amaringo's latest volume, The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo by Howard G. Charing, Peter Cloudsley and Pablo Amaringo (Inner Traditions, 2011) includes 47 color plates of never-before-published paintings. It also includes reflections from many well-known artists and visionaries such as Robert Venosa, Graham Hancock, Jan Kounen and Dennis McKenna. Alex Grey (1953- ) was born in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Columbus College of Art and Design (1971-3) and Boston Museum School (1974-5). Grey worked five years in the Anatomy Department at Harvard Medical School and later worked at Harvard's Department of Mind/Body Medicine assisting scientists investigating subtle healing energies. Grey taught anatomy and figure sculpture for ten years at NYU and taught at RISD, Philadelphia College of Art, JFK University (CA), New York Open Center, Naropa Institute (CO), California Institute of Integral Studies, and Omega Institute (NY). Seraphic Transport Grey's paintings have been featured on the music albums of TOOL, SCI, Beastie Boys and Nirvana, blotter acid, thousands of tattoos, Rose Planetarium, stage sets at Radio City Music Hall, Newsweek and Time Magazines and the Discovery Channel. In 1999 there was a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Together with his wife, Allyson Grey, he co-founded CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. CoSM: The Movie (Docurama, 2006) documents Grey's tour of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors now a sanctuary of visionary art, located in Wappinger, New York. Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey by Alex Grey with Ken Wilber and Carlo McCormick and Transfigurations, a monograph of Grey's work, are available. Mystery of the Canyon Mieshiel (1964 - ) was born in New York City. He attended Friends Seminary and received his BFA in 1986 from California Institute of the Arts. Upon graduation Mieshiel moved into a 19th century Masonic Temple in downtown Los Angeles where he co-founded TAP (Temple Art Performance), a hub for avante-garde performance art, music and visual art. He later moved to New Mexico and spent the next 24 years in near seclusion, living off-the-grid. In this high desert sanctuary timelessness and utter quiet allowed him to experience an endless barrage of mystical experiences where his art connection with Pablo Amaringo was revealed. In 1982 Mieshiel won a competition and created a street mural at Irving Place in New York City. He designed the album jacket interior for the Séraphine soundtrack, produced by Warner Brothers. His work has been exhibited nationally and is included in the permanent collections of The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico and Amon Carter III, among other private collections

The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo cover

The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo cover
Originally uploaded by Howard G Charing

A new collection of never-before-published paintings by renowned artist Pablo Amaringo

Recognized as one of the world’s great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca experience--where snakes, jaguars, subterranean beings, celestial palaces, aliens, and spacecraft all converge--Amaringo’s art presents a doorway to the transcendent worlds of ayahuasca intended for contemplation, meditation, and inspiration.

Illustrating the evolution of his intricate and colorful art, this book contains 48 full-color reproductions of Amaringo’s latest works with detailed explorations of the rich Amazonian mythology underlying each painting. Through their longstanding relationship with Amaringo, coauthors Charing and Cloudsley are able to share the personal stories behind his visions and experiences with Amazonian people and folklore, capturing Amaringo’s powerful ecological and spiritual message through his art and words. With contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen, this book brings the ayahuasca experience to life as we travel on Amaringo’s visionary brush and palette.

Fine art giclee prints and reproductions of Pablo's beautiful work featured in the new book 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'. A pre-launch 20% discount promotion.

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