Recent Reading

The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art

Herbert, Lynn M, Klaus Ottmann, and Peter Schjeldahl. The Inward Eye : Transcendence In Contemporary Art. Houston, Tex.: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2001.

I enjoyed Lynn M Herbet's essay in the introduction titled "The Inward Eye." In trying to find a digital version to perhaps link here, I instead found a quick quote by her on the PBS Art 21 website. “Spirituality is such a vibrant and integral part of our lives that even our changing times and all the apparent obstacles have not stifled the powerful partnership of spirituality and art in the modern era,” writes Lynn M. Herbert in her essay for the Companion Book to the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series. “The realm of the spiritual is mysterious and inviting,” writes Herbrt, “It is a place where we are encouraged to explore the unknown.”

Artists represented in the book and its exhibition included Vija Clemins, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, James Turrell, Bill Viola, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Qiu Shi-Hua, Rachel Ranta, Gerhard Ricther, Charles Ray, and Ernesto Neto to name a few. Here are a few examples of work featured.