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These small paintings on found paper are made anonymously in India (especially in Rajasthan) by practitioners of Tantrism—some of whom are artists—to represent and embody fundamental 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 that are part of Tantra’s teachings. 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, both in India and in the West, as decorative objects and abstract art. Feature Inc. began exhibiting these anonymous Tantra paintings in 1998, as a result of the gallery’s research into contemporary Indian artists and art.


Anonymous Tantra paintings from the Rajasthan region of India.
All works 1985 - 2009. Unspecified paint on found paper. Range in size from approx 8 x 7" to 15 x 10" SIngle panel works: $ 2600. Diptych: $ 4400.

spacer		 Tantra, Shiva Linga, 2000 atpf00-13-29 Tantra, Shiva Linga, 2000 atpf00-13-30 Tantra, Spiral of energy in the quite dark sky of consciousness, 2000 atpf00-13-33 Tantra, 2000, atpf00-13-38 Tantra, Energy’s Egg, 2001 atof01-13-11 Tantra, Dance of Energy, 2001atpf01-13-37     Tantra, Shiva Linga, 2002 atpf02-13-18 Tantra, Shiva Linga, 2003 atpf03-13-16 Tantra, The dance of atoms in a Shiva linga, 2003 atpf13-27 Tantra, An exercise to identify the precise shade of color, 2005 atpf05-13-13 Tantra, On the four directions, 2006 atpf06-13-34 Tantra, The spiral of energy in the sky of consciousness, 2007 atpf07-13-9 Tantra, 2007 atpf07-13-21 Tantra, The Purity of Consciousness, 2007 atpf07-13-39 Tantra, The eternal race of the feminine principle towards its masculine homologue, 2008 atpf08-13-3 Tantra, Portrait of Kali, the Goddess, the “Black One”, 2008 atpf08-13-4 Tantra, Shiva Linga, 2008 atpf08-13-17 Tantra, Energy traveling through, and regulating the colors of the world, 2008 atpf08-13-31 Tantra, The Paw of Time, 2009 atpf09-13-14 Tantra, Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 atpf85-13-23 Tantra, Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 atpf85-13-24 Tantra, Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 atpf85-13-25 Tantra, Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 atpf85-13-26 Tantra, The universal manifestation, always in evolution, 1989 atpf89, 13-22 Tantra, The three gunas: matter, energy, essence, 1990 atpf90-13-19 Tantra, The passage of the life-blood in the self and the world, 1990 atpf90-13-36 Tantra, The illustrious fish, 1993 atpf93-13-28 Tantra, of unknown signification, 1994 atpf94-13-12 Tantra, The Birth of Speech, 1995 atpf95-13-10 Tantra, Night and day - spiral of energy at center of each, 1998 atpf98-13-1 Tantra, The three gunas: matter, energy, essence, 1995 atpf95-13-15 Tantra, The world’s two poles united, 1997 atpf97-13-2 Tantra, In Search of the Center, 1997 atpf97-13-8 Tantra, of unknown significance, 1997 atpf97-13-20 Tantra, The cosmic marriage of Shiva and Kali, 1998 atpf98-13-6 Tantra, Divine Love, 1997 atpf98-13-7 Tantra, A shaligram, or round form , 1999 atpf99-13-32 Tantra, Kali’s tongues, 1999 atpf98-13-5
Shiva Linga, 2000 Shiva Linga, 2000 space Spiral of energy in the quite dark sky of consciousness, 2000 Bindu, a point or drop containing the undifferentiated absolute, 2000 Energy’s Egg, 2001 Dance of Energy, 2001 Shiva Linga, 2002 Shiva Linga, 2003 The dance of atoms in a Shiva Linga
Also: the alliance between Vishnu and Shiva, 2003		 space An exercise to identify the precise shade of color, 2005 On the four directions, 2006 The spiral of energy in the sky of consciousness inside a Shiva linga, a male phallic form, 2007 A shaligram, or representation of Vishnu, with each region bearing its own spiral of energy, 2007 The Purity of Consciousness, 2007 The eternal race of the feminine principle towards its masculine homologue, 2008 Portrait of Kali, the Goddess, the “Black One”, 2008 Shiva Linga, 2008 Energy traveling through, and regulating the colors
of the world, 2008		 The Paw of Time, 2009

Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985

 Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 Expansion of Bindu; the primal drop, 1985 The universal manifestation, always in evolution, 1989 The three gunas: matter, energy, essence, 1990 The passage of the life-blood in the self and the world, 1990 The illustrious fish, 1993 of unknown signification, 1994 The Birth of Speech, 1995 Night and day - spiral of energy at center of each, 1998 The three gunas: matter, energy, essence, 1995 The world’s two poles united, 1997 In Search of the Center, 1997 In perfect silence, the spiral of energy turns the opposite way, 1997 The cosmic marriage of Shiva and Kali, 1998 Divine Love, 1997 A shaligram, or round form, 1999 Kali’s tongues, 1999
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