Tribes. Tribus

 

Tribes. Tribus. Acrylic on canvas. 16"x20" Abstract Expressionism.

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Gajda. The medicine man

Gajda is a medicine man from Papua, New Guinea. The model has been taken from Kieron Nelson's splendid photograph. I'm thankful to Kieron because this is my first portrait and he allowed me to use this model. More practice is needed but I am still in the process of investigating techniques and color.

Acrylic on canvas, 20"x24"

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Día de los Muertos, 2015. Day of the Dead

 

La Noche de los Altares. En el contexto del Día de los Muertos, 2015, en Santa Ana. Hermosa celebración en Orange County, con más esfuerzo que en Olvera St en Los Angeles.

The Night of the Altars. In the context of the Day of the Dead, 2015, in Santa Ana. Wonderful celebration in Orange County, with much effort than Olvera St in Los Angeles. 

My shots last Saturday, November 7th.

Welcome back Gonzalez. Bienvenido de regreso Gonzalez

This display at the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos in Olvera st, Los Angeles, shows the happiness of receiving Gonzalez's soul again. All the things that Gonzalez liked are displayed here, being the Virgin the only serious character in the altar.

African Warriors. Guerreros africanos

I imagined three African Warriors watching at the enemy across the forest. They are ready for the battle with painted faces. Most probably the one at the right side is scared, the one in the middle is angry and brave, the first one is thinking about stratagems. 

I selected the red and black colors as primary, considering the tragedy of war, any war.

From the Aztec Codices 7. De los Codices Aztecas 7

From the Aztec Codices 6. De los Codices Aztecas 6

Digital manipulation of part of the first page of Codex Mendoza, depicting the founding of Tenochtitlan.

From the Aztec Codices 5. De los Codices Aztecas 5

From the Aztec Codices 4. De los Codices Aztecas 4

From the Aztec Codices 3. De los Codices Aztecas 3

From the Aztec Codices 2. De los Codices aztecas 2

From the Aztec Codices 1. De los codices aztecas 1

With this digital manipulation of one of so many images from the Aztec Codices, I´d like to open a new series. Have you ever imagined how archaeological art would appear today if using digital tools?

So, here I am transforming, disturbing, manipulating, re-coloring the ancient Aztec images. More is coming in the following posts. Take it as an exercise of color and morphology, there is no lack of respect for them, but a respectful contemporary homage.

In this one, the background was also changed to give it a more abstract appearance.

Aztec codices (Nahuatl: Mēxihcatl āmoxtli [meː'ʃiʔkatɬ aː'moʃtɬi] are books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for Aztec culture. The pre-Columbian codices differ from European codices in that they are largely pictorial; they were not meant to symbolize spoken or written narratives.The colonial era codices not only contain Aztec pictograms, but also Classical Nahuatl (in the Latin alphabet), Spanish, and occasionally Latin. Although there are very few surviving pre-conquest codices, the tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture; scholars now have access to a body of around 500 colonial-era codices.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_codices

Mayan Illusion 1. Ilusión maya 1

Aztec dream. Sueño azteca

Ilusión azteca 1. Aztec Illusion 1

Ilusión Azteca. Aztec illusion

Asentamiento en la nieve. Settlement in the snow

Asentamiento en la nieve. Settlement in the snow by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Skull in the stone. Cráneo en la piedra

Skull in the stone. Cráneo en la piedra by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

The temple of the eagle. El templo del águila

The temple of the eagle. El templo del águila by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Indian tent or teepee. Carpa de indio

Indian tent or teepee. Carpa de indio by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.