Tàpies and the art where samsara is nirvana. Non-dualistic roots in his aesthetics
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture September 26, 2024 Roger Ferrer-Ventosa
ABSTRACT This essay delves into Antoni Tàpies’s profound engagement with non-dualism, a philosophical stance encapsulated in the aphorism “samsara is nirvana and nirvana is samsara.” Tàpies’s exploration of non-dualism, which integrates diverse spiritual and philosophical traditions, profoundly shaped his artistic practice and worldview. Drawing from Western hermeticism and Eastern philosophies...