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Laurence Caruana

January 01, 1970

Laurence Caruana (born February 16, 1962) is a Maltese artist, writer, and lecturer noted for his contribution to the contemporary visionary art movement, particularly through his Manifesto of Visionary Art.[1]

Artist L. Caruana in his Bastille studio, Paris.

Biography edit

Laurence Caruana was born the third son of Maltese parents who met and married in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After completing his studies in German and ancient Greek Philosophy (B.A. from the University of Toronto 1985), he learned classical painting techniques at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 1990).[2]

Caruana then began an itinerant existence, living variously in Toronto, Malta, Vienna, Munich, Monaco, and Paris. In that period, he actively pursued visionary experience (dreams, entheogens) as a source for his painting and writing.[3] After meeting his French fiançée in Munich, L. Caruana settled in Paris. In the year 2000 he met Ernst Fuchs of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and subsequently apprenticed under him for a year, working in his studios in Monaco and Castillon, as well as at the St. Egid chapel in Klagenfurt.[2]

In 2008 he held the first Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminar in the eco-village of Torri Superiore Italy, which eventually led to the creation of The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, where Caruana has served as Director and Principal Lecturer since 2013.[4] While still maintaining a studio in the Bastille area of Paris, the artist currently lives in the Josefstadt district of Vienna - frequently traveling abroad to exhibit, teach or lecture on visionary art.[5]

Painting edit

After apprenticing with Ernst Fuchs, Caruana began using the Mischtechnik, a painting technique which alternates between glazes of oil color (mixed in an oleo-resinous medium) and water-based whites (mixed in egg tempera or casein).

His art is highly mythological. Through fine lines, strong colors and precise rendering, Caruana's work manifests the imagery typical of visionary experience. More uniquely, his work combines symbols and styles from different cultural mythologies.

He has exhibited his works in London, Paris, Vienna, Munich, Monaco, and other cities, both individually (Le Pouvoir des Mythes in Galerie d'Art Visionnaire de Paris) and as part of various groups (Chimeria in France, Society for Art of Imagination in England).[6] Giclée reproductions of his work have frequently appeared at transformational festivals such as The Boom Festival in Portugal and the O.Z.O.R.A. festival in Hungary.[7]

The artist's images have also been reproduced on album covers,[8] in magazines,[9] as tattoos, trading cards,[10] and in posters for transformational festivals.

Writing edit

L. Caruana's creative and critical writing are extensions of his interest in mythology and visionary art.

Creative writing edit

In a novel such as The Hidden Passion (Recluse 2007 ISBN 978-0-9782637-0-6), the author has retold the tale of Christ from the Gnostic perspective. Though condemned by the early church as a heresy, Gnosticism expands Christian myth by incorporating motifs from other cultures, such as ancient Greece (Platonism) and Egypt (Hermeticism). Throughout the novel, Christ utters the actual sayings (logia) of the Gnostic gospels found at Nag Hammadi Egypt. L. Caruana's interest in Gnosticism forms part of a much broader fascination with crossing myths from different cultural mythologies.[11]

Critical writing edit

Due to his deep involvement with the Visionary art movement, L. Caruana has also become one of its spokesmen. Through his on-line Visionary Revue, he has documented the history and evolution of this international movement. His First Manifesto of Visionary Art (Recluse 2010 ISBN 978-0-97826373-7, English, French and Portuguese editions) was published on-line and in print to an enthusiastic response.[12] The creative essays Myrette and A Mirror Delirious, which appear in issue 4, bring up to date all the author’s thoughts and insights into Visionary art since the publication of the Manifesto.[13]

Caruana's lifelong pursuit of 'the ancient image-language' reached fruition in a book entitled Enter Through the Image: The Ancient Image-Language of Myth, Art and Dreams (Recluse 2008 ISBN 978-0-9782637-2-0). Drawing upon examples from sacred and visionary art, the book demonstrates how we may 'think through images' and eventually enter through the image to the mystical experience of henosis. In its elaboration of the image-language, the book delineates how various myths may cross one another and how different cultural symbols may be combined.[14]

Teaching edit

Since 2008, Caruana has held The Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminar in the eco-village of Torri Superiore Italy, co-teaching with Amanda Sage, A. Andrew Gonzalez and others. He has also taught painting at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York. In 2013 he co-founded The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art which "revives classical techniques of painting while pursuing art as the expression of beauty, spirit and vision." [15]

Lectures edit

From his studio in The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, L. Caruana often travels abroad to deliver lectures on visionary art. He has spoken at such venues as the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris,[16] the Metageum conference in Malta,[17] and Alex Grey's The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York.[18]

Publications edit

By L. Caruana edit

  • The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ, Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts (Recluse 2007, ISBN 978-0-9782637-0-6).
  • Enter Through the Image: The Ancient Image-Language of Myth, Art and Dreams (Recluse 2008, ISBN 978-0-9782637-2-0).
  • The First Manifesto of Visionary Art (Recluse 2010, ISBN 978-0-97826373-7 - English, French and Portuguese editions).
  • Fragments: The First Accumulation of Works (Recluse 1989 - a limited edition of 25 copies).

On (or including) L. Caruana edit

  • Erik Davis, The New Eye: Visionary Art and Tradition, Introduction to True Visions (Betty Books, 2006 ISBN 88-902372-0-1), which first appeared in the COSM Journal of Visionary Culture, volume IV (COSM Press, 2006).
  • José Eliézer Mikosz, Arte Visionária - Representações Visuais Inspiradas nos Estados não Ordinários de Consciência (ENOC) (Editora Prismas 2014 ISBN 978-85-8192-211-9).
  • Metamorphosis, 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists edited by Jon Beinart (Beinart Publishing 2007 ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8)
  • Silvia Thyssen, Boundaries in Question : Examining Visionary Art, Erowid Extracts: Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals, May 2003.
  • COSM Journal of Visionary Culture, volume V (COSM Press, 2008)
  • La Mort Transfigurée: L'Art Visionnaire et la Mort (Galerie l'Arche de Morphée, 2006)
  • Dalis Erben malen Europa, edited by Roger M. Erasmy (Kastner Verlag, 2005)

External links edit

  • L. Caruana main site
  • Video on The Visionary Art of L. Caruana: Life as a Gradual Unfolding of the Sacred.
  • The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art main site
  • Video on The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art.
  • Visionary Revue edited by L. Caruana.
  • The Gnostic Q featuring The Hidden Passion.
  • interview by Erik Davis on Expanding Mind about Visionary Art and L. Caruana's book Enter Through the Image.
  • Podcast interview by Miguel Conner on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio about L. Caruana's book Enter Through the Image and Secret Rituals in Gnostic Myth.
  • Article on Visionary Art (with reference to L. Caruana). Silvia Thyssen, Boundaries in Question : Examining Visionary Art, Erowid Extract, May 2003.
  • on Visionary Art (with reference to L. Caruana). Erik Davis, The New Eye: Visionary Art and Tradition, Introduction to True Visions (Betty Books, 2006 ISBN 88-902372-0-1), which first appeared in the COSM Journal, issue 4.

References edit

  1. ^ Published, secondary source references to L. Caruana's Manifesto may be found at:
    • Silvia Thyssen, Boundaries in Question : Examining Visionary Art, Erowid Extracts: Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals, May 2003, p. 18.
    • Erik Davis, The New Eye: Visionary Art and Tradition, Introduction to True Visions (Betty Books, 2006 ISBN 88-902372-0-1) pp. 5-8. This article first appeared in the COSM Journal of Visionary Culture, volume IV (COSM Press, 2006) p. 59.
    • José Eliézer Mikosz, Arte Visionária - Representações Visuais Inspiradas nos Estados não Ordinários de Consciência (ENOC) (Editora Prismas 2014 ISBN 978-85-8192-211-9) passim.
  2. ^ a b Dalis Erben malen Europa, edited by Roger M. Erasmy (Kastner Verlag, 2005) p. 14.
  3. ^ La Mort Transfigurée: L'Art Visionnaire et la Mort (Galerie l'Arche de Morphée, 2006) p. 79.
  4. ^ L. Caruana website: http://www.lcaruana.com/webtext/bio.html
  5. ^ The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art website: http://academyofvisionaryart.com/faculty/biographies
  6. ^ L. Caruana - http://www.lcaruana.com/webtext/bio.html, Chimeria - http://www.chimeria.org, Society for Art of the Imagination - http://artofimagination.org
  7. ^ Boom Festival - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMsptBHmu20, O.Z.O.R.A. festival - http://ozorafestival.eu/
  8. ^ The Artaxian Mantra's EP Luneo: https://myspace.com/theartaxianmantra1, Soul Stalkaz' EP The Lordz of Deth https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Soul-Stalkaz-Lordz-Of-Deth/hnum/7353663
  9. ^ The Gnostic 4 magazine, December 2011
  10. ^ The Galactik Trading Card Oracle Complex: http://www.elvism.net/
  11. ^ Caruana, Laurence, The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ, Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts (Recluse 2007, ISBN 978-0-9782637-0-6) Back cover.
  12. ^ See, for example:
    • Silvia Thyssen, Boundaries in Question : Examining Visionary Art, Erowid Extracts: Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals, May 2003, which also exists on-line at: Article.
    • Erik Davis, The New Eye: Visionary Art and Tradition, Introduction to True Visions (Betty Books, 2006 ISBN 88-902372-0-1), which first appeared in the COSM Journal, issue 4 and also appears on-line at Article 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Visionary Revue
  14. ^ Caruana, Laurence, Enter Through the Image: The Ancient Image-Language of Myth, Art and Dreams (Recluse 2008, ISBN 978-0-9782637-2-0) Back cover.
  15. ^ http://academyofvisionaryart.com
  16. ^ See the RISC (Relais d'information sur les sciences de la cognition) website: "Association pour la Recherche Transdisciplinaire sur les Etats Modifiés de Conscience - Accueil". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  17. ^ Metageum conference: http://www.metageum.org/
  18. ^ Chapel of Sacred Mirrors: http://www.cosm.org/

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and ancient Greek Philosophy B A from the University of Toronto 1985 he learned classical painting techniques at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 1990 2 Caruana then began an itinerant existence living variously in Toronto Malta Vienna Munich Monaco and Paris In that period he actively pursued visionary experience dreams entheogens as a source for his painting and writing 3 After meeting his French fiancee in Munich L Caruana settled in Paris In the year 2000 he met Ernst Fuchs of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and subsequently apprenticed under him for a year working in his studios in Monaco and Castillon as well as at the St Egid chapel in Klagenfurt 2 In 2008 he held the first Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminar in the eco village of Torri Superiore Italy which eventually led to the creation of The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art where Caruana has served as Director and Principal Lecturer since 2013 4 While still maintaining a studio in the Bastille area of Paris the artist currently lives in the Josefstadt district of Vienna frequently traveling abroad to exhibit teach or lecture on visionary art 5 Painting editAfter apprenticing with Ernst Fuchs Caruana began using the Mischtechnik a painting technique which alternates between glazes of oil color mixed in an oleo resinous medium and water based whites mixed in egg tempera or casein His art is highly mythological Through fine lines strong colors and precise rendering Caruana s work manifests the imagery typical of visionary experience More uniquely his work combines symbols and styles from different cultural mythologies He has exhibited his works in London Paris Vienna Munich Monaco and other cities both individually Le Pouvoir des Mythes in Galerie d Art Visionnaire de Paris and as part of various groups Chimeria in France Society for Art of Imagination in England 6 Giclee reproductions of his work have frequently appeared at transformational festivals such as The Boom Festival in Portugal and the O Z O R A festival in Hungary 7 The artist s images have also been reproduced on album covers 8 in magazines 9 as tattoos trading cards 10 and in posters for transformational festivals Writing editL Caruana s creative and critical writing are extensions of his interest in mythology and visionary art Creative writing edit In a novel such as The Hidden Passion Recluse 2007 ISBN 978 0 9782637 0 6 the author has retold the tale of Christ from the Gnostic perspective Though condemned by the early church as a heresy Gnosticism expands Christian myth by incorporating motifs from other cultures such as ancient Greece Platonism and Egypt Hermeticism Throughout the novel Christ utters the actual sayings logia of the Gnostic gospels found at Nag Hammadi Egypt L Caruana s interest in Gnosticism forms part of a much broader fascination with crossing myths from different cultural mythologies 11 Critical writing edit Due to his deep involvement with the Visionary art movement L Caruana has also become one of its spokesmen Through his on line Visionary Revue he has documented the history and evolution of this international movement His First Manifesto of Visionary Art Recluse 2010 ISBN 978 0 97826373 7 English French and Portuguese editions was published on line and in print to an enthusiastic response 12 The creative essays Myrette and A Mirror Delirious which appear in issue 4 bring up to date all the author s thoughts and insights into Visionary art since the publication of the Manifesto 13 Caruana s lifelong pursuit of the ancient image language reached fruition in a book entitled Enter Through the Image The Ancient Image Language of Myth Art and Dreams Recluse 2008 ISBN 978 0 9782637 2 0 Drawing upon examples from sacred and visionary art the book demonstrates how we may think through images and eventually enter through the image to the mystical experience of henosis In its elaboration of the image language the book delineates how various myths may cross one another and how different cultural symbols may be combined 14 Teaching editSince 2008 Caruana has held The Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminar in the eco village of Torri Superiore Italy co teaching with Amanda Sage A Andrew Gonzalez and others He has also taught painting at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York In 2013 he co founded The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art which revives classical techniques of painting while pursuing art as the expression of beauty spirit and vision 15 Lectures editFrom his studio in The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art L Caruana often travels abroad to deliver lectures on visionary art He has spoken at such venues as the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris 16 the Metageum conference in Malta 17 and Alex Grey s The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York 18 Publications editBy L Caruana edit The Hidden Passion A Novel of the Gnostic Christ Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts Recluse 2007 ISBN 978 0 9782637 0 6 Enter Through the Image The Ancient Image Language of Myth Art and Dreams Recluse 2008 ISBN 978 0 9782637 2 0 The First Manifesto of Visionary Art Recluse 2010 ISBN 978 0 97826373 7 English French and Portuguese editions Fragments The First Accumulation of Works Recluse 1989 a limited edition of 25 copies On or including L Caruana edit Erik Davis The New Eye Visionary Art and Tradition Introduction to True Visions Betty Books 2006 ISBN 88 902372 0 1 which first appeared in the COSM Journal of Visionary Culture volume IV COSM Press 2006 Jose Eliezer Mikosz Arte Visionaria Representacoes Visuais Inspiradas nos Estados nao Ordinarios de Consciencia ENOC Editora Prismas 2014 ISBN 978 85 8192 211 9 Metamorphosis 50 Contemporary Surreal Fantastic and Visionary Artists edited by Jon Beinart Beinart Publishing 2007 ISBN 978 0 9803231 0 8 Silvia Thyssen Boundaries in Question Examining Visionary Art Erowid Extracts Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals May 2003 COSM Journal of Visionary Culture volume V COSM Press 2008 La Mort Transfiguree L Art Visionnaire et la Mort Galerie l Arche de Morphee 2006 Dalis Erben malen Europa edited by Roger M Erasmy Kastner Verlag 2005 External links editL Caruana main site Video on The Visionary Art of L Caruana Life as a Gradual Unfolding of the Sacred The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art main site Video on The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art Visionary Revue edited by L Caruana The Gnostic Q featuring The Hidden Passion Podcast interview by Erik Davis on Expanding Mind about Visionary Art and L Caruana s book Enter Through the Image Podcast interview by Miguel Conner on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio about L Caruana s book Enter Through the Image and Secret Rituals in Gnostic Myth Article on Visionary Art with reference to L Caruana Silvia Thyssen Boundaries in Question Examining Visionary Art Erowid Extract May 2003 Article on Visionary Art with reference to L Caruana Erik Davis The New Eye Visionary Art and Tradition Introduction to True Visions Betty Books 2006 ISBN 88 902372 0 1 which first appeared in the COSM Journal issue 4 References edit Published secondary source references to L Caruana s Manifesto may be found at Silvia Thyssen Boundaries in Question Examining Visionary Art Erowid Extracts Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals May 2003 p 18 Erik Davis The New Eye Visionary Art and Tradition Introduction to True Visions Betty Books 2006 ISBN 88 902372 0 1 pp 5 8 This article first appeared in the COSM Journal of Visionary Culture volume IV COSM Press 2006 p 59 Jose Eliezer Mikosz Arte Visionaria Representacoes Visuais Inspiradas nos Estados nao Ordinarios de Consciencia ENOC Editora Prismas 2014 ISBN 978 85 8192 211 9 passim a b Dalis Erben malen Europa edited by Roger M Erasmy Kastner Verlag 2005 p 14 La Mort Transfiguree L Art Visionnaire et la Mort Galerie l Arche de Morphee 2006 p 79 L Caruana website http www lcaruana com webtext bio html The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art website http academyofvisionaryart com faculty biographies L Caruana http www lcaruana com webtext bio html Chimeria http www chimeria org Society for Art of the Imagination http artofimagination org Boom Festival https www youtube com watch v YMsptBHmu20 O Z O R A festival http ozorafestival eu The Artaxian Mantra s EP Luneo https myspace com theartaxianmantra1 Soul Stalkaz EP The Lordz of Deth https www jpc de jpcng poprock detail art Soul Stalkaz Lordz Of Deth hnum 7353663 The Gnostic 4 magazine December 2011 The Galactik Trading Card Oracle Complex http www elvism net Caruana Laurence The Hidden Passion A Novel of the Gnostic Christ Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts Recluse 2007 ISBN 978 0 9782637 0 6 Back cover See for example Silvia Thyssen Boundaries in Question Examining Visionary Art Erowid Extracts Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals May 2003 which also exists on line at Article Erik Davis The New Eye Visionary Art and Tradition Introduction to True Visions Betty Books 2006 ISBN 88 902372 0 1 which first appeared in the COSM Journal issue 4 and also appears on line at Article Archived 2007 10 12 at the Wayback Machine Visionary Revue Caruana Laurence Enter Through the Image The Ancient Image Language of Myth Art and Dreams Recluse 2008 ISBN 978 0 9782637 2 0 Back cover http academyofvisionaryart com See the RISC Relais d information sur les sciences de la cognition website Association pour la Recherche Transdisciplinaire sur les Etats Modifies de Conscience Accueil Archived from the original on 2012 07 08 Retrieved 2008 01 14 Metageum conference http www metageum org Chapel of Sacred Mirrors http www cosm org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laurence Caruana amp oldid 1121841412, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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