'Images from 'Tantra Song' (published by Siglio Press) , one of the only books to survey the elusive tradition of abstract Tantric painting from Rajasthan, India. These small paintings on found paper are made anonymously in India (especially in Rajasthan) by practitioners of tantraism, some of whom are artists, to represent and embody fundamental aspects of Tantra, a vast and complex spiritual and philosophical practice. Viewing or meditating on these images stimulates specific mental and/or spiritual experiences that are part of Tantric teachings. Despite their didactic function, they also have a history of being coveted as decorative objects and abstract art both in India and in the West. The works depict deities as geometric, vividly hued shapes and mark a clear departure from Tantric art’s better-known figurative styles. They also resonate uncannily with lineages of twentieth-century art—from the Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism to Minimalism—as well as with much painting today. - Paris Review
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