If you live in New York, or are traveling for a visit, I recommend the Cosm Gallery: Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, located at 542 West 27th Street, 4rth Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001. Gallery admission is 5 dollars, and are open Tue-Sat: 11AM-6PM
You may know some of Alex Greys work if you are a fan of the band Tool, you have probably seen his work and may not even know it. I have now gone to visit this gallery twice, the work you will see is all original and mind blowing. You will appreciate this work much more if you are more of an open thinker, so to speak, someone who takes life for more than what it is.
One may describe him as a visionary, as he combines many facets of spirituality and the world in which our eyes do not see.
The New York Times claims his "New Age symbolism and medical-illustration finesse, might be described as psychedelic realism, a kind of clinical approach to cosmic consciousness." He uses many religious symbols in his body of work. I believe he attempts to gain a sense of the bodies’ energy channels. Others have described him as a "healing artist." Some may say he simply tripped on LSD one too many times. However Grey is a scholar, and spent five years attending Harvard Medical School, studying the body, it's functions, and its anatomical make-up.
There is no mistake, when you see his work, you are not just viewing paintings, you are as feeling and understanding a message about peace, serenity, creation, science, and spirituality. There are no cameras allowed in the gallery, and I believe this is to keep the feeling of the space neutral and clear. Not clustered and congested with flashing bulbs and chaos.
To learn more about Alex Grey you may read his full Biography: www.alexgrey.com
For the full article in the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E2D7163BF937A35753C1A9649C8B63
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