Talk: Visions of Essence - The Art of Christian de Vietri’s Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa
In this public conversation, artist and author Christian de Vietri joins curator and writer Lawrence Rinder to explore the artistic and philosophical dimensions of de Vietri’s recent publication, Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa: Illuminating the Mandalas of Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka (The Magnetic Citadel Press, 2024).
A first of its kind, de Vietri’s book gives visual form to the complete sequence of maṇḍalas described in Abhinavagupta’s tenth-century masterpiece, the Tantrāloka—a cornerstone of the non-dual Śaiva tradition of Kashmir. Through a synthesis of scholarship, artistry, and contemplative insight, his work rekindles a luminous body of sacred geometry long unseen, revealing its profound resonance for the present.
The discussion will consider the role of tradition in guiding this extraordinary endeavour; de Vietri’s creative process of intuitively and systematically reconstructing these lost forms; the contemporary significance of such imagery; and the ways in which the book itself may be regarded as a work of art—an act of both revelation and creation.
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In this public conversation, artist and author Christian de Vietri joins curator and writer Lawrence Rinder to explore the artistic and philosophical dimensions of de Vietri’s recent publication, Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa: Illuminating the Mandalas of Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka (The Magnetic Citadel Press, 2024).
A first of its kind, de Vietri’s book gives visual form to the complete sequence of maṇḍalas described in Abhinavagupta’s tenth-century masterpiece, the Tantrāloka—a cornerstone of the non-dual Śaiva tradition of Kashmir. Through a synthesis of scholarship, artistry, and contemplative insight, his work rekindles a luminous body of sacred geometry long unseen, revealing its profound resonance for the present.
The discussion will consider the role of tradition in guiding this extraordinary endeavour; de Vietri’s creative process of intuitively and systematically reconstructing these lost forms; the contemporary significance of such imagery; and the ways in which the book itself may be regarded as a work of art—an act of both revelation and creation.
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