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Tantra: paintings on paper These small paintings are made anonymously in India (especially in Rajasthan) by practitioners of tantraism, some of whom are artists, to represent and embody essential aspects of Tantra, a vast and complex spiritual and philosophical practice. Viewing or meditating on these reductive and essential images stimulates specific mental and / or spiritual experiences. While the images are centuries old with highly codified forms and colors, the paintings are packed with such a high level of the artists' intentionality that they continually appear fresh and alive. Despite their didactic function, they also have a history of being coveted as decorative objects and abstract art. |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (9–1); Legend: The world’s two poles united; day and night, light and darkness, stillness and movement, Shiva and Shakti; Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 2000; unspecified paint on found paper; 11.75 x 8.75”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–2); Legend: Shakti (Kali) Pursuing Shiva Her Divine Lover; Jaipur, Rajasthan, 2000; unspecified paint on found paper; 8.75 x 13.75”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (10–3); Legend: Energy’s egg; Sanganer, Rajasthan, 2004; unspecified paint on found paper; 8.75 x 13.25”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (10–7); Legend: Multiplicite de l’engerie; Udaïpur, Rajasthan, 2004; unspecified paint on found paper; 8.625 x 13.625”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–9); Legend: Portrait of Kali, the Goddess, the “Black One”; Jaipur, Rajasthan, 2007; unspecified paint on found paper;13 x 10.125”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–3); Legend:Dance of Energy; Samode, Rajasthan, 2008;unspecified paint on found paper;13.75 x 9”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–6); Legend: The Birth of Speech; near Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 2008; unspecified paint on found paper;11.5 x 9.375”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–7); Legend: Energy’s Egg;
Chomu, Rajasthan, 2008; unspecified paint on found paper; 9.75 x 12.875”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–8); Legend: In Search of the Center; Udaipur, Rajasthan, 2008; unspecified paint on found paper;12.75 x 9.75”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–10); Legend: The Monster of Time; Sanganer, Rajasthan, 2009; unspecified paint on found paper; 11 x 9.75”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (11–11); Legend: The Paw of Time;
Sanganer, Rajasthan, 2009; unspecified pain t on found paper; 11 x 10”; $ 2,550 |
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ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (9–5); Legend: Energy traveling through, and regulating the colors of the world; Udaïpur, Rajasthan, 1970; unspecified paint on found paper; 12.25 x 9.5”; $ 2,550 | |
ANONYMOUS: tantric painting (10–10); Legend: Divine Love; Jaïpur, Rajasthan, 1990; unspecified paint on found paper; 12.375 x 10.675”; $ 2,550 | |
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