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Quandra Loka:
The Indivisible Space of Conscious Light




? through November 17, 2012

PAN Amsterdam
November 18 - 25, 2012

 


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Galerie Pien Rademakers
Galerie Pien Rademakers is presenting four pieces from Quandra Loka, a photographic suite by Adi Da Samraj, at the 2012 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair. Pien Rademakers will also present a video documentary on the making of the suite.  
   
Pien Rademakers

dates: November 18-25, 2012
address: RAI Parkhal (hall 8), Amsterdam, booth no. 35
web address: here



The Quandra Loka Suite

Adi Da describes the Quandra Loka Suite as being of "indefinite length". It is a vast Suite comprised of over 21,000 images. Here are a few.


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Quandra Loka Suite
Quandra Loka #304
Triptych, face mounted pigment prints, 59 x 118 in / 150 x 300cm


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Adi Da writes about His Quandra Loka Suite:

Quandra Loka is a visual meditation on a very simple circumstance: a woman in and near a pool of water. Narcissus, the archetype of ego, gazes at his own reflection in a pond, never able to contact the "object" of his self-enamored affection. But Quandra, the true beloved, is one with the water itself, whether in or out of the pool.

I shot the majority of the images in Quandra Loka underwater, or with the camera lens partially submerged in water, so that the water functions as a vast and subtly complex lens, achieving visual results not possible by any technical means. The images are made by a "technique" that requires continuous participation in the living instant of the photographic situation — sensitive to the constantly changing sunlight conditions, the ever-shifting minute movements of the subject, and even my own ability to stay submerged underwater. This "method" is beyond conceptual effort, beyond conventions of control in the ordinary sense, beyond point of view. This process of generating images — involving absolute awareness of every detail of what is occurring and (simultaneously) an intuitive trust in allowing the ultimately unpredictable process to take place — is a means of allowing reality to be self-manifested.

I intend these images to "picture" the unity of the undifferentiated reality from which all appearances emerge in a constant flow of changes. The entire span of human possibilities is reflected in these images — both "positive" and "negative." But all possibilities are seen in the context of that inherent unity or indivisible space. The positives and the negatives are all transcended, rather than any attempt being made to render them acceptable in and of themselves.

Avatar Adi Da Samraj



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The 2012 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair

2012 PAN Amsterdam Art FairPAN Amsterdam is a mecca for art-lovers with an individual style. A modern-day art fair that provides surprise, variety and quality. A journey through time, it covers every possible manifestation of art and design — from a statue from Classical Antiquity to designer objects by Studio Job, from contemporary art and photography to Old Masters — this is what makes PAN Amsterdam so special. On one day and under one roof you can see the past and the present of numerous art disciplines happily coexisting. Visit PAN Amsterdam to admire art, to discuss it and learn about it or, better still, to buy your own work of art.

Each work of art is extensively vetted for quality, authenticity and condition by more than eighty experts before the fair opens. Enjoying art, top quality and buying with confidence — that’s what PAN Amsterdam is all about. This is why more than 50,000 art lovers and professional and private collectors come to PAN Amsterdam every November.



Exhibition at Galerie Pien Rademakers before Art Fair

As a preview to the exhibition at the PAN Amsterdam Art Fair (November 18-25), Adi Da's Image-Art was displayed at the Galerie Pien Rademakers.

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Preview Day
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Preview Day
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Preview Day
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Preview Day
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Exhibition at PAN Amsterdam Art Fair: Preview Day (November 17, 2012)

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Preview Day
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Preview Day
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Preview Day
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Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique



Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique



Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique



Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique



Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique



Preview Day
photo courtesy of DaPlastique

 



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