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Tag Archives: Art symbolism

28
Jul 2013

Local Artist Interviews

Local Artist Interviews Interview with Roger Williamson prior to the Chimera Opening at SSCA. Local Artist Interviews presents Minneapolis visual artist and author Roger Williamson. Born in Loughborough, UK, in 1947, Roger Williamson has been inspired from an early age by the French Symbolist painters of late nineteenth century France, especially Gustave Moreau, Jean Delville and Fernand Knopff. A surge of interest in mysticism, the occult and magick was expressed by these artists of the Fin de siècle: the works of Jean Delville in particular helped shape Williamson’s own approach to metaphysical figurative work. These artistic influences, in conjunction with […]

Kali
22
Jul 2013

Chimera Update New Paintings

Chimera Update:  New Paintings The Chimera exhibition features several new paintings, including the triptych “Fall, Paradise Is For Those Who Do What They Are Told”, a work composed of three 8 foot by 4 foot oil on wood panels. The paintings explore the concept of the “Fall” from three perspectives, Gnosticism, Greek mythology and Shamanism. It interprets and reveals the occult message of the “Fall” concept as a communication of opportunity and self-empowerment to those who can see beyond appearances, as opposed to the traditional view of eternal pain and damnation for not doing what you are told to do by others. On […]

Exhibitions
8
Jul 2013

Chimera Exhibit Update Map and Parking

Chimera Exhibit Update:  Map and Parking for Stevens Square Center for the Arts Parking Chimera Exhibit. The Stevens Square Center for the Arts has a limited amount of off-street parking. Enter the parking lot via the alley on 19th Street. Parking lot is on south side of gallery building look for the Stevens Square mural. Street parking is also available, except where prohibited. See Event on Facebook   CHIMERA:  I gazed through the space of a part opened door and was let to imagine on what I could not see. Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA)         […]

Exhibitions
1
Jul 2013

Art Opening

Art Opening CHIMERA:  I gazed through the space of a part opened door and was let to imagine on what I could not see. Opening Reception Saturday August 3rd 7:00 pm Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA)         1905 Third Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN  55404 T (612) 879-0200  [email protected] Gallery Hours— Saturday thru Sunday, 1:00 – 5:00 PM (During Exhibitions). — online at http://www.stevensarts.org/ EXHIBITION Roger Williamson: Chimera August 3rd – August 24th, 2013 Opening: Saturday August 3rd, 2013 7-10pm Stevens Square Center for the Arts is pleased to present Chimera, a solo exhibition of work by Roger […]

Cryptic sphinx, Symbolic mythological artist, williamson. Featured as Tarot Queen of Air in Tarot of the Morning Star by Minneapolis visual artist Roger Williamson
17
Jun 2013

Worship of the Ancestor

Worshiping the Ancestor Spirits I Am The Body Of My Ancestors Ancestor worship, Oil on canvas. Original painting available at Saatchi Art Ancestor worship. While your name continues to be spoken you continue to live. This is the fundamental theory behind ancestor worship which can be witnessed to an extreme in ancient Egyptian culture. Study of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh of ancient Egypt, reveals that she was condemned to non being because all references to her name and existence were eliminated by her step son. Only in comparatively recent times has her name come to light. It is Hatshepsut who is […]

ancestor
30
May 2013

Dance For Kali

Hindu Goddess, Dance For Kali An original painting of a woman assuming the god form of Hindu goddess Kali to manifest the Goddesses’ personality within her. To channel and amplify this she dances before the yantra of Kali, the goddesses’ signature which is used like a talisman in the Western Magical Tradition. The skulls represent epochs of time both past and to come.  Kali is a Hindu mother goddess, symbol of time, dissolution and destruction. She destroys ignorance, maintains the world order, and blesses and frees those who strive for the knowledge of eternity. It is Kali who liberates the […]

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22
May 2013

White Stag

 White Stag Invitation to the Quest Oil on canvas, 12 inches by 18 inches, 2010 Prints of White Stag Invitation to the Quest

White Stag shamanism, symbolic Painting
25
Mar 2013

Dreaming Empowerment

Dreaming Empowerment Dreaming empowerment, lucid dreaming,  and astral projection are techniques that provide us with the tools we need to become whole through altered state experience She Entered Her Dream and Retrieved Her Mask of Power is an oil painting on wood panel, 48 inches by 96 inches, 2013. The picture aims to illustrate that when we discover our inner power and courage our universe becomes more rich and vibrant.  We cannot be given this power by another or get it from reading it in a book, although both can be a trigger, it requires our involvement in the adventure of […]

Dreaming empowerment
25
Feb 2013

Hanged Man Explained

Hanged Man Explained An explanation of the Hanged Man according to the philosophy of the Tarot of the Morning Star Consciousness is given up to sleep and our nocturnal eidolon in the image of a bat is released to hunt through our dreams. The self sacrifice of the Hanged Man is the projecting of the reasoning mind into the phantasmagoric realm of conscious dreaming which opens during astral projection or controlled sleep. Tarot of the Morning Star The Tarot of the Morning Star is a small limited edition tarot of only 75 copies, created by Roger Williamson and published in the […]

Hanged Man Major Arcana Tarot
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