Some of you may remember an exhibition at the Kampo Kaikan one year ago of Huichol yarn paintings from Mexico: colorful images born out of the visions of the Huichol shaman. This year the Kampo Kaikan is exhibiting art born out of a different visionary tradition: that of the Australian aboriginal Dreamtime and on Wednesday, Mewby and I went to see it. The Aborigines of … [Read more...]

It's Dreamtime people! DREAMTIME! John Einarsen has sent word of the next big exhibition at the Kampo Museum: Without a written language, painting was the only way in which the history and religion of the tribe could be passed down, thereby ensuring that future generations could know of the deeds of the Ancestral Beings, who walked the earth in the beginning of time.... … [Read more...]