Levi Casias - Numinous

Triptych: I am nothing, but I am everything.
5’ h x 9’ w x 4 “ d
clay & cement, vermiculite, graphite, wax, natural pigments

Our salvation is your fascination.
2’ 10” h x 12 ‘ w x 10” d
clay & concrete, vermiculite, fired clay, wax, stainless steel rods, poplar wood

Diptych: “My blood boils, My skin creeps.”
32” h x 32” w x 5 “ d (each)
clay & cement, vermiculite, wax, natural pigments, one strand of hair

As I come closer to you, I evade thee.
clay & concrete, vermiculite, glass, silver, braided hair
16” h x 8’ ‘ w x 6” d

As I come closer to you, I evade thee.-Detail
clay & concrete, vermiculite, glass, silver, braided hair
16” h x 8’ ‘ w x 6” d

They are what we want them to be.
4’ ‘x h x 4’ ‘ w x 14” d
clay & cement, vermiculite, stainless steel rod

Diptych: Where have we gone wrong? Where do we go from here?
clay & cement, vermiculite, wax, gold leaf, natural pigments
3’ h x 12” w x 2” d each

Untitled: Numinous object
14” h x 5” w x 5” d
fired clay, wax, wine filled

Untitled: Numinous object-Detail
14” h x 5” w x 5” d
fired clay, wax, wine filled

Untitled: Numinous object
14” h x 7” w x 7” d
fired clay, wax, wine filled

Untitled: Numinous object-Detail
14” h x 7” w x 7” d
fired clay, wax, wine filled

Numinous Exhibition 2008

numinous, adj. (and n.)

Brit. /njumns/, U.S. /n(j)umns/ Forms: 16 18- numinous, 18 numynous. [< classical Latin nmin-, nmen NUMEN n. + -OUS suffix. In sense 2 after German (das) Numinöse, (das) Numinose (noun), numinös (adjective) (all forms R. Otto Das Heilige (1917) ii. 7, iii. 12).]

1. a. Of or relating to a numen; revealing or indicating the presence of a divinity; divine, spiritual. Also as n.

b. In extended use: giving rise to a sense of the spiritually transcendent; (esp. of things in art or the natural world) evoking a heightened sense of the mystical or sublime; awe-inspiring. Also as n.

2. Psychol. Relating to the experience of the divine as awesome or terrifying; designating that which governs the subject outside of his or her own will.
Also as n. Cf. NUMINOSUM n.