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Beyond 1.1
Tanja Grunert Gallery is pleased to present BEYOND 1.1, a group exhibition curated by Mitra Khorasheh and Bethsab茅e Attali. Based on the poem The Conference of the Birds, BEYOND 1.1 is the first of a series of 7 exhibitions that focus on the pursuit for spirituality in contemporary culture. BEYOND 1.1 will be on view from March 1 through April 19, 2015. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 1st from 6 鈥� 8 pm.
The Conference of the Birds is an epic poem by the Persian Sufi Farid Al-din Attar (1142 - 1221), which tells the story of a group of birds who undertake a spiritual journey in search of the divine truth. The quest takes them through seven valleys, each of which offers them a differing perspective and experience of the spiritual, a new lesson to be learnt.
Inspired by the bird鈥檚 journey, each exhibition will offer a differing perspective of the spiritual, a narrative journey through art. BEYOND 1.1 is the first stage in this spiritual quest, which focuses on the contemplative moments in nature; moments which reveal the thin line between science and magic. Nature鈥檚 inherent mystical quality cannot be denied. It is within the mysticism of nature, in the glimpses of ephemeral experience, in the fascinations and curiosities, where the spiritual finds its place in various forms. BEYOND 1.1 is the beginning of this conversation; the selection of works question existence through examining the utopic, the sublime, the beauty and the magical found within the natural world.
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Tanja Grunert Gallery is pleased to present BEYOND 1.1, a group exhibition curated by Mitra Khorasheh and Bethsab茅e Attali. Based on the poem The Conference of the Birds, BEYOND 1.1 is the first of a series of 7 exhibitions that focus on the pursuit for spirituality in contemporary culture. BEYOND 1.1 will be on view from March 1 through April 19, 2015. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 1st from 6 鈥� 8 pm.
The Conference of the Birds is an epic poem by the Persian Sufi Farid Al-din Attar (1142 - 1221), which tells the story of a group of birds who undertake a spiritual journey in search of the divine truth. The quest takes them through seven valleys, each of which offers them a differing perspective and experience of the spiritual, a new lesson to be learnt.
Inspired by the bird鈥檚 journey, each exhibition will offer a differing perspective of the spiritual, a narrative journey through art. BEYOND 1.1 is the first stage in this spiritual quest, which focuses on the contemplative moments in nature; moments which reveal the thin line between science and magic. Nature鈥檚 inherent mystical quality cannot be denied. It is within the mysticism of nature, in the glimpses of ephemeral experience, in the fascinations and curiosities, where the spiritual finds its place in various forms. BEYOND 1.1 is the beginning of this conversation; the selection of works question existence through examining the utopic, the sublime, the beauty and the magical found within the natural world.
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