Notes

Catalogue of the esoteric paintings by Benjamin Creme of which lithographs and greeting cards have been produced by Sirius Enterprises and Studio Graphics, with detailed explanations of their significance by the artist, in English and Japanese.
    With a brief introduction “About the Artist” and an explanation by Benjamin Creme about “Esoteric paintings,” in which he elaborates the difference between making signs, as the result of every art, and symbols, which are signs that convey meaning at different levels, depending on the artist who makes them. “While remaining a sign,” Creme says, symbols provide a way “into that aspect of reality which we call beauty or God.”
    A review in the first and apparently only issue of A Quarterly Journal of Art and Culture says: “Creme’s esoteric paintings can be reconsidered as components in a mission that is massive in scope and that encompasses nonart events in a way that appeals to contemporary criticism and critical analysis.” (The Art Gallery of Knoxville, USA, 2008, p.133)

To date (2009), lithographs and greeting cards have been produced of 22 of Benjamin Creme’s symbolic paintings. Each greeting card comes with a brief explanation by the artist, as in the catalogue.
    This third edition adds the illustrations and descriptions for the 7 lithographs that have been published since 2001. An inlay sheet adds two more pages (55 and 56) with the picture and description of the lithograph published in 2009.

Links

• Online catalogue
• About the artist
• .Pdf of first Sirius brochure (12 lithos)