Quandra Loka:
The Indivisible Space of Conscious Light
? through November 17, 2012
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
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Pien Rademakers
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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.
Click on images to view enlargements.
Quandra Loka #304
Triptych, face mounted pigment prints, 59 x 118 in / 150 x
300cm
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
PAN
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
thats 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.
Click on images to view enlargements.
Exhibition
at PAN Amsterdam Art Fair: Preview Day (November 17, 2012)
Click on images to view enlargements.
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