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SACRED, SENSUAL & SUBLIME
A genre-bending exploration of the Himalayas,
Tantric Asia, and the nature of art itself.
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Two minutes in the high Himalaya - monasteries, paintings, and the artist who spent forty years drawing them.
About the film
An eye-popping yet intimate portrait of Robert Powell - the Australian architect and ethnographic draftsman who became an acclaimed fine artist across four decades in the Himalayan cultures of Nepal and south Asia. Using high-resolution scans of his paintings and 2D motion graphics, the film brings his mind-altering work to life in stunning 4K+ detail
With a naturalist's eye for detail and an anthropologist's grasp of sacred iconography, Powell developed not just a style but arguably an entirely new genre - one that strips away scientific rationalism and conventional religion to find the profoundly human meanings hidden inside sacred subjects.
"Most of the images are stunningly strange, almost hallucinatory. He draws them in such an animistic way that their walls heave with breath and flush with feeling, despite the superficial formality of Powell's inanimate subject matter.
The skill he exhibits in capturing something that lies beyond what can be seen. A reality beyond the physical that can be known only through intuition and not through the senses."
JoIn Our Community to watch the film
You will receive the gift of: an exquisite Robert Powell screen saver art, music from the soundtrack album, invitation to member only private events and public premiere screenings.
