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Announcement on NEW WORKS by Alberto Oliveira will follow !

One sunny afternoon in late spring,1968,………..standing in my studio in Hermosa Beach, California…..with no purpose in mind…..I closed my eyes and relaxed in the sunlight. Somewhere within some other somewhere, there arose a gorgeous wheel of light. It was like looking straight up some Lazar-beam of pure light. Dancing points of light, in intricate geometrical patterns not unlike snowflakes, but in full-color and then some was what I saw. Much amused I vowed never to forget this most most beautiful experience. Somehow, I realized this ‘epiphany’, this great wheel of light was from the same source as the swirl-patterns in our fingerprints…..both absolutely common as well as unique. That to me was profound and puzzling. About two years later,information coming at me from all directions, I came to know a little ab out the ‘mandala’ phenomena. These interior lights, or visions had a name, and there has developed some very sophisticated science devoted to these ‘mandalas’ over thousands of years in some cases. ………now, I began to wonder about this great blessing…….many ideas,…..many questions volunteered themselves……Here is only one……….What if the eye decided to ’see’ itself, to look IN- ward, rather than out? What experiments might it conjure up?…..Just how does one see behind,   beyond,     or through all conventional visual phenomena,     and by extension, all imaginings, as well? A ‘real’ mandala comes from an illumined mind. That’s not me! I can only hope to one day cough-up a real, holy image.Ancient civilizations, and religions, and other systems for seeking out and refining truths have employed the mandala for focus and stabilizing of their seekers. To me this is ample testament to their validity as a worthy subject for the artist of today. Having painted some one hundred of these diagrams, since 1972, my zeal has not diminished. I’m still looking toward my own ‘real’ mandala.

aS Convida: OFF PARATY EM FOCO | EXPOSIÇÃO FOTOGRÁFICA

ARTISTAS: ALBERTO OLIVEIRA | ALICE RICCI | FELIPE BAENNINGER | FELIPE GOMBOSSY | FERNANDA PARDO | FILIPE BERNDT | HUGO CURTI | MARCO PONCE | PEDRO ARIETA | RENATA BARROS

Responsável: Helena Ruschel
Agradecimentos: EMBATUCADORES | MARCOS ALMA | RODRIGO VIEIRA | LUIZ EGIDIO | ESTUDIO 227

espaço AS | Alameda Campinas, 737 – Metrô Trianon MASP

Abertura: Sábado, 5 de dezembro | Das 12h às 00hs

Domingo 20 de Dezembro | Das 12h às 00hs

Horário de Funcionamento: Quinta|Sexta: 12h às 18hs
SAB/DOM: 14hs às 20hs

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Following our quest for a Studio, we have been traveling and crossing unmeasurable quantities of matter and land. Now we are at the ‘End of the West’ . We heard Eastern Seekers of the past forcefully conquered this land and since had to reach beyond it .

But this land here have indeed exceeded our dreams , showing unprecedented patterns and vibrations, we feel we have something substantial to offer to Opensala .

Spiritual Creators and friends are invited to email Yos or Wil at Opensala to find out more . This is our first unofficial invitation to settle and build YOUR OWN studio as living entity in this astonishing garden.

Yos / yosyama@gmail.com / Yucca Valley / California
Wil / wilfredsarr@gmail.com / Santa Cruz / California

Invitation – A Galeria Nuvem surge como um novo local de circulação de arte contemporânea onde a produção emergente encontra espaço. read more see details >>

BEST VIBRATIONS GO TO ALBERTO OLIVEIRA

@ Opensala.com we have in mind the banding together of a group of friends. If YOU FEEL you are a friend of any of us please consider this is an invitation. What inspires and moves you most, one is only really good at doing what one truly loves. Now, with this second phase, the next development  for Opensala is about what our friends wish to accomplish, what are our visions.

For example we have Noa Levin who wants to return to design& fabricate Conceptual Modern Flamenco costumes. And she would love to co-create with other artists in this vein. We appeal especially you who have worked with her before; you are welcome to come forward.

At this moment Noa, Yos and Wilfred begin in earnest the quest for a friendly live-in studio with a garden – plot in California.

We are all life-long, committed artists who are by now long into our careers. We have come to realize how collaboration is the next, natural step in the evolution of the arts.

We encourage all our artist – friends to begin thinking seriously about getting involved.

Please submit your ideas as best you can in & about your chosen media. Perhaps we can use them in the quality presentation we are currently working up. This presentation is meant to facilitate the securing of a proper studio physical base of creativity as well as sanctuary for the friends of Opensala who are also looking at this precious times in the same directions.

** We are inviting friends to write their ideas about a studio and then will be putting together and presenting them as a portfolio for studio with everybody plans ( artistic as they maybe ) as package to EVERY ONE who is interested to help us locate; preferably in California.

yosyama@gmail.com

Designer Noa Levin for Mecomodo has just completed an UXena costume made entirely of Palm Leaves. Model Mary Vidnovic gracefully cat-walked at the 2009 Michaelangelo Fashion show, More images can be Viewed Here …

* Sunset is the third clip in 4. Watch entire series on Opensala Channel