Rare catalogue of the exhibition ‘Art of The Invisible’ curated by Vince Rea at the Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, in 1977. The exhibition explored themes of Spiritualism, Theosophy, Eastern Religions, Kirlian Photography and Abstract Art.
Featuring works by William Blake, Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky, among others, alongside original watercolours that were made as illustrations for C.W. Leadbeater's book Man Visible and Invisible (1902), and his and Anne Besant's Thought Forms (1905), as well as samples of Eastern spiritual art and Kirlian photography. The extensive catalogue text, by Alf Corlett, sketches the precursors, the history and the main figures of Theosophy, and documents the influence that its concepts have had on the development of abstract art.
Includes 5 text illustrations (1 in colour) and 60 illustrations (28 in colour) on 53 plates. The illustration on the cover is 'Radiating Affection' from Leadbeater and Besant's Thought Forms.
The exhibition travelled to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as, ‘The Art of the Invisible: the spiritual in art - the art of the spiritual’, from 3 April - 6 May 1979. No separate catalogue is known to have been published for the expanded London show.Price: £225
Title: Art of The Invisible
Author: compiled and edited by Bede Gallery ; text by Alf Corlett with an introduction by Vince Rea
Publisher: Bede Gallery
Publication date: 1977
Format: softcover
Total Pages: 107
Images: illustrated throughout in b/w with some colour images
Condition: Very good. Spine rubbed, edge wear, thumbed, Ownership inscription
Provenance: The Library of Dr Alastair Grieve
Stock Number: RB02394
Rare catalogue of the exhibition ‘Art of The Invisible’ curated by Vince Rea at the Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, in 1977. The exhibition explored themes of Spiritualism, Theosophy, Eastern Religions, Kirlian Photography and Abstract Art.
Featuring works by William Blake, Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky, among others, alongside original watercolours that were made as illustrations for C.W. Leadbeater's book Man Visible and Invisible (1902), and his and Anne Besant's Thought Forms (1905), as well as samples of Eastern spiritual art and Kirlian photography. The extensive catalogue text, by Alf Corlett, sketches the precursors, the history and the main figures of Theosophy, and documents the influence that its concepts have had on the development of abstract art.
Includes 5 text illustrations (1 in colour) and 60 illustrations (28 in colour) on 53 plates. The illustration on the cover is 'Radiating Affection' from Leadbeater and Besant's Thought Forms.
The exhibition travelled to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as, ‘The Art of the Invisible: the spiritual in art - the art of the spiritual’, from 3 April - 6 May 1979. No separate catalogue is known to have been published for the expanded London show.Price: £225
Title: Art of The Invisible
Author: compiled and edited by Bede Gallery ; text by Alf Corlett with an introduction by Vince Rea
Publisher: Bede Gallery
Publication date: 1977
Format: softcover
Total Pages: 107
Images: illustrated throughout in b/w with some colour images
Condition: Very good. Spine rubbed, edge wear, thumbed, Ownership inscription
Provenance: The Library of Dr Alastair Grieve
Stock Number: RB02394
