Selva Cosmopolítica
Long-term program initiated in Colombia, approaching the Amazon rainforest through art, research, and ancestral knowledge. First exhibition at the Museo de Arte UNAL, Bogotá, 2014. Curator: María Belén Sáez de Ibarra
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(Original name: Mogaje Guihu. * 1941 Cahuinarí river region, Colombian Amazon. Lives in Bogotá, Colombia.)
Tabaco / Coca / Yuca. 2014
Chinese ink on paper, 150 x 60 cm each
His drawings carry a traditional knowledge from botanical knowledge. His knowledge is close to the botanical encyclopedia with more than 400 species drawn in his process of more than ten years with the Tropenbos Foundation of Holland. He presents the water ecosystem and the mythical world of the cosmogony of the Amazon basin.
(From the website, Museum of Art UNAL, English translation: Universes in Universe)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Long-term program initiated in Colombia, approaching the Amazon rainforest through art, research, and ancestral knowledge. First exhibition at the Museo de Arte UNAL, Bogotá, 2014. Curator: María Belén Sáez de Ibarra