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Friday, 18th May, 2012 |
GALLERY TALK:
Wrathful Deities and their Symbolism, an introduction.
(in conjunction with Museums at Night) |
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Entry £Free (donations welcome)
6:30 pm
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Rahula and his Retinue.
Detail of wall painting from the Great Stupa of Mindrolling, Dehradun, India, 2001. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Berde, New York. |
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Robert Beer leads an illustrated talk which will introduce the dark symbolic imagery displayed upon ten magnificent gold-on-black wall paintings from Mindrolling Stupa in India, The vivid and innovative depictions of these ferocious protector deities reveal much of the Indo-Tibetan genius for encapsulating the most subtle Buddhist concepts within the most terrifying imagery.
Book online at:
http://visionsdivinewrathfuldeities.
eventbrite.com/
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Saturday, 26 May, 2012 |
GALLERY TALK:
The Legends of the 84 Mahasiddhas of early Indian Buddhism |
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Entry £Free (donations welcome)
3 pm
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Assembly of Six Mahasiddhas.
Detail of wall painting from the Great Stupa of Mindrolling, Dehradun, India, 2001. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Berde, New York.
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The Mahasiddhas, literally the ‘Greatly Attained Ones’, lived in India between the 8th and 12th centuries and were the instigators of the highly esoteric Yoga Tantra systems that were finally transmitted into Tibet. The Mahasiddhas came from all walks of life, and the diversity of their often-outlandish legends reveals much about the different approaches to enlightenment. Robert Beer gives this illustrated talk which will explore some of their pithy life stories.
Book online at:
http://visionsdivinemahasiddhas.
eventbrite.com/
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| Tuesday, 29th May, 2012 |
The Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness lecture series, in association with the Scientific and Medical Network presents:
Solve et Coagula: An Orphic Mystery Play
Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule |
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Entry £7 /£5 Concessions, Arrive 6pm for a 6:30pm Start - Wine available
Please RSVP on Facebook (afraid so) so that we can anticipate numbers – Please pay on the door.
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The Ancient Greek bard Orpheus can never return to the Underworld after seeking his lost love there. Immortalised yet unable to appreciate His eternal body, he was torn limb from limb by the Maenads… A head, adrift on the elements, found by the Knights Templar and become their oracle, desires to make a new body... The ecology of individual and collective is explored in this ritual theatre. Live song and dance is accompanied by a stop-animation film of the coagulation of a life-size statue (created by Orryelle in 2011) which is a coagulation of 31 smaller wax figures which interlock to form a larger composite figure. After the performance Orryelle will talk about the interior meanings and processes involved, with a Q&A session. Further info at http://www.crossroads.wild.net.au/morph.htm
Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule is a prolific multimedia artist and the director of the Metamorphic Ritual Theatre Company, dedicated to the wo/manifestation of the Wyrd in the realms of the flesh. Orryelle's current creative foci are the Tela Quadrivium, a fourfold alchemic bookweb being progressively published by Fulgur Limited (Conjunctio 2008, Coagula 2011, Solve 2012…); the completion of a series of group Global Chakra Workings at sacred sites around the planet; and the culmination of the Orpheus Working in various media.
This lecture is part of a series to be held at the October Gallery on the last Tuesday of each month. Please check back to these pages for further details of the upcoming programme or email drdluke@gmail.com to be added to the series' mailing list. |
| Wednesday, 13th June, 2012 |
ART IN THE CAPITAL presents:
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
with Lydia Bauman |
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Entry £10 /£8 Concessions, Arrive 6pm for lecture at 6:30pm
Lydia Bauman presents Art in the Capital, at October Gallery an illustrated lecture and alternative look at major exhibitions in London's most prominent institutions. This month Lydia looks at the Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude exhibition.
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
Turner created a revolution in painting at the beginning of the 19th century, responding to a modern industrial landscape with a freer style and new approaches to composition. Yet a lasting dialogue with the 17th century painter Claude lay at the heart of these developments.
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude (showing at the National Gallery) compares closely related works by Turner and Claude and discovers to what extent Turner was inspired by Claude's mastery of light and landscape.
Tickets come with a complimentary glass of wine or juice, which can be enjoyed before the lecture in the October Gallery, where our current exhibition is Masters of the Transvangarde.
To book tickets online visit http://turnerinspiredlecture.eventbrite.com/
For all enquiries please ask for Jo Walsh 02078311618
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