Ever wonder what an anatomically correct drawing of the soul would look like? Enter Alex Grey who, with his wife Allyson, has been pioneering the fields of Visionary and Spiritual art for the last few decades. On October 14 and 15, Atlanta art lovers will get a taste of this Vajrayāna Buddhist’s artwork at Area 51 Presents: Alex & Allyson Grey.
The Area 51 event will take place throughout the course of two days. There will be a lecture and book signing party on Friday, Oct. 14 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Matilda’s in Alpharetta, Ga. The second day will be an indoor and outdoor event, an Art Bazaar by day that will turn into a Visionary Art Party as the sun goes down at The Blue Tower Gallery in Atlanta beginning at noon. The Greys, along with other visionary artists, will be creating original artwork in front of live audiences. Area 51 has also lined up bands, DJs and circus performers for the entire event.
Alex Grey nurtured his artistic talents from a young age. His father was a graphic designer who encouraged Grey’s imaginative inclinations. Grey attempted the art school track, attending Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, but he dropped out and painted billboards across Ohio for a year instead.
Alex met Allyson at the Boston Museum School, and the two began to collaborate on works. It was during this period that Grey spent five years working at Harvard Medical School, preparing cadavers for dissection in the anatomy department. This experience with anatomy served his art well, as Grey’s works always contain stunningly accurate depictions of the human form.
One of the most breathtaking collections in Grey’s arsenal is Sacred Mirrors. It features 21 life-sized paintings that took 10 years for the artists to complete. The paintings feature seemingly mundane human behavior, such as praying, meditation, kissing, copulating, pregnancy, birth, nursing and dying. Yet, each piece examines in detail the physical and spiritual body. There are detailed representations of the skeleton, the nervous system and the cardiovascular system intertwined with the arteries of the spiritual system, including auras, chakras and other religious symbols.
Grey’s more recent works include his attempts at drawing “universal beings.” The beings in the portraits have bodies made of fire, surrounded by infinite galactic swirls. Alex and Allyson Grey have collaborated on multiple works of art in a diverse variety of mediums. A large installation called Heart Net was displayed at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum. The two now teach courses in Visionary Art in New York City. Grey has also worked as an album artist, illustrating many classic covers for Tool, The Beastie Boys and Nirvana. Newsweek magazine and the Discovery Channel have also featured much of Grey’s work.
The Area 51 event will take place throughout the course of two days. There will be a lecture and book signing party on Friday, Oct. 14 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Matilda’s in Alpharetta, Ga. The second day will be an indoor and outdoor event, an Art Bazaar by day that will turn into a Visionary Art Party as the sun goes down at The Blue Tower Gallery in Atlanta beginning at noon. The Greys, along with other visionary artists, will be creating original artwork in front of live audiences. Area 51 has also lined up bands, DJs and circus performers for the entire event.
Alex Grey nurtured his artistic talents from a young age. His father was a graphic designer who encouraged Grey’s imaginative inclinations. Grey attempted the art school track, attending Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, but he dropped out and painted billboards across Ohio for a year instead.
Alex met Allyson at the Boston Museum School, and the two began to collaborate on works. It was during this period that Grey spent five years working at Harvard Medical School, preparing cadavers for dissection in the anatomy department. This experience with anatomy served his art well, as Grey’s works always contain stunningly accurate depictions of the human form.
One of the most breathtaking collections in Grey’s arsenal is Sacred Mirrors. It features 21 life-sized paintings that took 10 years for the artists to complete. The paintings feature seemingly mundane human behavior, such as praying, meditation, kissing, copulating, pregnancy, birth, nursing and dying. Yet, each piece examines in detail the physical and spiritual body. There are detailed representations of the skeleton, the nervous system and the cardiovascular system intertwined with the arteries of the spiritual system, including auras, chakras and other religious symbols.
Grey’s more recent works include his attempts at drawing “universal beings.” The beings in the portraits have bodies made of fire, surrounded by infinite galactic swirls. Alex and Allyson Grey have collaborated on multiple works of art in a diverse variety of mediums. A large installation called Heart Net was displayed at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum. The two now teach courses in Visionary Art in New York City. Grey has also worked as an album artist, illustrating many classic covers for Tool, The Beastie Boys and Nirvana. Newsweek magazine and the Discovery Channel have also featured much of Grey’s work.
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