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El oro brilla como el sol (Gold shines like the sun), 2023, acrylic, collage, printmaking on fabric. Hanging hardware included. This work is inspired by stories about guacas-ancient indigenous burial sites. Much of the gold that came to Europe from the Americas was unearthed from guacas. Many were worshipped as enclosing a deity and are found from the Darien jungle in Panama to the Rio de la Plata in Argentina. In the Andes of Colombia, it is known that on the nights of Holy Thursday and Good Friday "the guacas light up", the gold buried in them can be seen. The guacas have a mystery because they provide luck or death. People in the Colombian Andes know that the gold is alive, it moves under the earth when it does not want to be found, it grows with water and emanates a "mist" that "stings" whoever touches it without protection. To dig up a guaca, one must bring a knife or machete, salt, cigarettes and aguardiente-objects to ward off evil spirits and gifts to make a contract with the guaca or with "its owner": the one buried with its gold hundreds or thousands of years ago.
Original Created:2023
Subjects:Abstract
Materials:Soft (yarn, Cotton, Fabric)
Styles:AbstractContemporary
Mediums:AcrylicCollagePrintmaking
Print:Artwork is infused to aluminum with specialized inks via heat-transfer
Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.88 D in
Frame:Not framed
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
Delivery Time:Typically 10-14 business days for domestic shipments, 15-21 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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I am a Colombian artist living in Barcelona. Through art I have been able to connect with the landscapes and culture of my ancestors. I re-imagine Latin American art through historical figures, legends, landscapes and symbology inspired by the iconography of pre-Hispanic goldsmith masters. I am inspired by the revival of historical memory, the wisdom of indigenous cosmovisions and nature. My work frequently transforms landscapes into relief engravings with metallic colors that represent the mineral richness of the earth. For the last four years I have been managing Casa Jaguar /@casajaguar.studio/, an art studio in Barcelona where I collaborate with other Colombian audiovisual artists with whom I share my interest in developing a visual language that integrates pre-Hispanic art with contemporary art.
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