ILLUMINED: THE EMBEKKA ALANKARAYA [II]
MOON MANDALA [N° 20]
MOON MANDALA [N° 16]
ILLUMINED: DAIHANNYA-KYŌ
MOON MANDALA [N° 13]
ILLUMINED: THE PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ SŪTRAS
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THE CATALOGUE
Catalogue is the printed companion to the exhibition “Radiance + Reflection: Mandalas and Moon” by visual artist David Orr on view at Tibet House US April 7 – July 9, New York
- 72 pages
- Forward by Robert A.F. Thurman
- Essay “Radiance + Reflection” by David Orr
- Essay “To see the stillness in the chaos through art” by Allison C. Meier
- Full-page reproductions of the Illumined, Mandala Lunae, and Perfect Vessels series, plus Fifty-Two Flowers Word Loops, Video Loops and Phrase Mandala Acknowledgements
- Cost: $35 + Shipping and Tax
Published to accompany the exhibition David Orr — Radiance + Reflection: Mandalas and Moon at Tibet House US, this catalogue explores the work of a contemporary artist who continues to weave Buddhist thought into his work as he expands the vocabulary of mandala art. Throughout the years Orr has developed and explored wide range of mandalas, including dye-infused archival metal discs; text pieces exploring the language, intent, and cyclical connection of sūtras and sacred thought, video works prompting meditative engagement, cosmograms made from images of the moon, and more. Orr’s meticulously crafted imagery means to create portals to the world beyond reason and raises the question: when we discover order, have we unveiled an existing system, or simply imposed our thinking over truth?
This richly illustrated catalogue takes a close look at Orr’s intentions and expands perspective on his work. A foreword by Tibet House co-founder Robert A.F. Thurman Ph.D., an essay by noted art and culture writer Allison C. Meier, and an essay by Orr, address subjects such as representations of the spiritual in abstract and contemporary art, forms which manifest in nature, mathematics, and sacred geometry; the universality of the mandala form, impermanence, and the meaning that lies beyond language.
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Both the Mandala and the Moon series are created as limited editions of 10 and an edition can be ordered from the artist or acquired directly from the Exhibition. Each Mandala print iis dye-infused into a prepared surface of chromalux archival aluminum by fabricators in Northern California. Xenon Light Stability Testing results show that the image stability of Aluminum Prints is 2 to 4 times the image stability of traditional silver-based photo papers. Each Moon print is exposed using laser technology (light jet), then developed as a chromogenic print onto Fujiflex premium archival paper. Reprints wil be matted, 8ply over 4ply antique white archival paper with a 14-inch diameter circle window (as in the exhibition). All limited edition works will be signed and certified by the Artist. All limited edition works will be signed and certified by the Artist.
Mandalas: $3,800 USD, Moons: $2,200 USD.
THE LOTUS SŪTRA
Photographic recombination of manuscript leaf (1834) by Joyen (Japanese Priest). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
VISHNU DREAMING OF BRAHMA CREATING THE UNIVERSE
Photographic recombination of Indic manuscript leaf (c. 17th—18th century) Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
INITIATES OF THE FLAME
Photographic recombination of Manly Palmer Hall first edition (Premier Printing Company, 1922). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE MIRROR OF THE WISDOM OF THE ROSY CROSS
Photographic recombination of notebook transcription (c. 19th century) of Theophilus Schweighardt Constantiens’ “Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum.”
Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE DIVINE COMEDY
Photographic recombination of handmade volume (1855) by Michelangelo Caetani. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
MUHAMMAD ASCENDING
Photographic recombination of Persian illuminated manuscript fragment (1636) depicting Muhammad’s ascension. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
SYLVA SYLVARUM: A NATURAL HISTORY IN TEN CENTURIES
Photographic recombination of Francis Bacon first edition (W Lee, London, 1627). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
DAIHANNYA-KYŌ
Photographic recombination photograph of a Japanese manuscript page with gold ink on indigo-dyed paper (1185-1392). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE RÁMÁYANA
Photographic recombination of a Javanese illuminated manuscript page (19th century). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
Photographic recombination of Nirnaya Sagar Press edition (1914) in Sanskrit. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
NEMROD
Photographic recombination of handwritten script bound in leather (1830) by Éliphas Lévi about Nimrod, architect of the Tower of Babel. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE EMBEKKA ALANKARAYA I
Photographic recombination of Sinhalese manuscripts (c. 1900s) from the collection of metaphysician Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE EMBEKKA ALANKARAYA II
Photographic recombination of Sinhalese manuscripts (c. 1900s) from the collection of metaphysician Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE PSALMS OF THE SINGER DAVID
Photographic recombination of John Henry Nash edition (1929). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ SŪTRAS
Photographic recombination of handwritten collection, including the Diamond and Heart Sūtras with silk panels on cover board (18th century). Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS OF HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY
Photographic recombination of a typewritten manuscript (1888) by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky including hand-colored diagrams on onion skin paper. Photographed at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
PERFECT VESSEL (Milan Joanovits)
Photographed at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia. Collection Note: ‘Male, 30. Robber and murderer. Executed in Belgrade.’
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
PERFECT VESSEL (Unknown / N° 1161.01)
Photographed at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia. Collection Note: ‘Syphilitic Necrosis’
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
PERFECT VESSEL (Geza Uirmeny)
Photographed at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia. Collection note: ‘Attempted suicide at age 70 by cutting his throat; wound not fatal because of ossified larynx. Lived until 80 without further melancholy.’
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
PERFECT VESSEL (Unknown / N° 1006.80)
Photographed at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia. Collection note: ‘Bone room specimen.’
30-inch diameter dye-infused archival aluminum disc with .625-inch float mount.
Moon Mandala N° 1
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 4
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 7
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 10
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 11
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 13
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 14
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 16
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 17
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 18
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 19
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 20
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 21
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 23
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 25
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Moon Mandala N° 26
15x15 Chromogenic print / 20 x 20-inch 8/4 ply matte with 14-inch diameter window
Art purchased directly from the exhibition will be available for pick up from Tibet House US anytime after July 9, 2022. If you need the item shipped to a domestic address, please confirm the shipping address and phone number with us, and be advised that a $50 charge will be added to your credit card for professional packing and shipping purposes. International shipping will be calculated individually. Please note that you can expect your print to arrive in no later than 45 days. You will receive an email once your print has been shipped, and tracking information will be provided.
