TANTRA SONG: TANTRIC PAINTING FROM RAJASTHAN by Frank André Jamme
| Title | Tantra Song: Tantric Painting from Rajasthan |
| Author(s)/Editor(s) |
Frank André Jamme |
| Publisher | Siglio Press |
| Pages | 112 |
| Dimensions | 212 x 287 mm |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Year | 2011 |
Edited by Frank André Jamme, introduction by Lawrence Rinder, interview by Bill Berkson, essay by André Padoux. Translated by Michael Tweed.
Tantra Song is a singular and revelatory collection of rare Tantric paintings made anonymously by adepts in Rajasthan and used to awaken heightened states of consciousness. The paintings’ magnetic, vibratory beauty—as well as their deep affinity with 20th century abstract art—inspires acute attention and boundless contemplation.
The paintings are the progeny of hand-written, illustrated religious treatises from the 17th century which have been copied over multiple generations. Like musicians playing ragas of classical Indian music, adepts paint in a concentrated state of mental rapture, repeating and subtly reinterpreting melodic structures of line and color. When complete, the paintings—made in tempera, gouache, and watercolor on salvaged paper—are pinned to the wall to use in private meditation.
Having spent more than two decades in conversation with the private communities of Rajasthani tantrikas, Jamme—like other poet-ethnographers Michaux, Leiris, and Bataille before him—draws on an unconventional body of knowledge. His accompanying texts—concise and luminous—further open readers to the paintings’ subtle magic.
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Title
Tantra Song: Tantric Painting from Rajasthan
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Author / Editor
Frank André Jamme
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Publisher
Siglio Press
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Pages
112
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Dimensions
212 x 287mm
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Format
Hardcover
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Year
2012
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