Ever since beginning my research on Peladan’s life and work, I had always envisioned an art collection inspired by his esoteric-aesthetic theory. Organising my time has been challenging, since I continue to create exclusive collections for ICON Gallery, while also teaching and working on various art commissions. I had already created a series of draft illustrations towards this project, but the plan was always to come up with a full-scale exhibition.
This finally took the form of a collection of paintings exhibited in London and Northampton (within the framework of the enormously successful Trans-States conference at Northampton University) in September 2016. I accompanied the exhibition with lectures at three different venues, focusing on different aspects of Peladan’s thought.
The exhibition itself comprised 17 symbolist illustrations of concepts from Peladan’s cosmology – in essence they are my attempt to depict his ideas using the same aesthetic principles that he promoted.
The conference paper from Trans-States is now available here. See the exhibition catalogue below. It is now out of print, but a fresh volume of my Péladan-related artwork is currently (Spring 2021) in preparation for publication with a new publisher.
