el oro brilla como el sol Painting

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.

Painting:Acrylic on Soft (yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:31.1 W x 34.6 H x 1.2 D in

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