consciousness

'Kundalini' (1930's) 
by Emil Bisstram

(graphite on paper)

Bisstram founded the Transcendental Painting Group in Taos, New Mexico (I refer to my earlier thread on the TPG). The artist believed that art should stimulate profound levels of thought and intuition, and developed a non-objective style.

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🧵 - A thread on 'Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group'

Abstract painting meets theosophical spirituality in 1930s New Mexico: a book on radical American modernism. 

Published in 2021 and covering all nine of the group's original members. Cover artwork by desert transcendentalist Agnes Pelton.

artist & poet
exploring text & language
through sound & visual poetry