BLACK COLLAGES
The following works are united by their links to mythological
female figures, and the personification of the divine feminine creative power,
often associated with fertility as well as death.
This collage is inspired by the image of Coaticue, Aztec Goddess, mother of all gods and symbol of death.
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| Coatilicue, collage on paper, 20 x 20 cm
The corn goddess is inspired by a myriad of myths concerning
agriculture and the cycle of life and death in planting and harvesting crops.
There are many such myths in the Americas related to the origin of corn. In one
such story from the American Southwest the corn mother goddess Iyatiku plants
bits of her heart in the fields, and they later grow into corn.
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| La Diosa del Maiz, collage on paper, 20 x 20 cm |
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| Death of a Nightingale, collage on paper, 20 X 20 |
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| Night Fishing, collage on paper, 20 x 20 cm. |
The Witches Sabbath
This is a group of collages called the Witches Sabbath. Inspired by “The Sorceress” an ancient Greek poem by Theocritus, which recounts the story of Simaethea, a woman who turns to witchcraft after being spurned by her lover, and the Greek Magical Papyri, ancient Greek manuscripts containing magic spells and rituals. These texts came to me by way of a beautiful book by
Octavio Paz on Love and Eroticism:
“Eros is a divinity that merges darkness with light, matter with spirit, sex with idea, the here with the there.”
-Octavio Paz
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