<b>Cosmovisiones amazónicas</b> // Amazonian Cosmovisions
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https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2017.8.1.1373Abstract
Resumen
En el cuadro “La primera chacra”, a través de una paleta vibrante de colores contrastantes y delicados trazos sobre un fondo monocromático oscuro, Yahuarcani representa el lugar donde las plantas son cultivadas, un espacio lleno de vida y espíritus. Según el conocimiento Amazónico, las plantas tienen distintos espíritus que pueden influenciar el mundo material y los cuerpos humanos, y pueden comunicarse con la gente. Esta perspectiva de la naturaleza cuestiona el punto de vista moderno occidental sobre el cultivo de plantas y el lugar de ellas en la sociedad. Pero “La primera chacra” no es una representación del entorno natural, ni una descripción visual de temas mitológicos. Por el contrario, Yahuarcani pinta un concepto más abstracto: una fuerza natural, productora de vida, un dominio donde lo espiritual y lo material están interconectados.
En “La primera chacra”, así como en las pinturas “El río” o “Al caer la noche”, el entorno Amazónico no es explícito. Yahuarcani se inspira en el conocimiento y mitos de la Amazonía para producir un trabajo evocativo sobre ella. A través de pinturas en las que el tratamiento estético de las imágenes predomina sobre la narrativa, Yahuarcani da nueva forma al conocimiento ancestral amazónico, reivindicando su importancia y validez en el mundo contemporáneo.
Abstract
In the first painting “La primera chacra” (The First Little Farm), through a very vibrant palette of contrasting colors and delicate traces over a monochrome dark background, Yahuarcani depicts the place where plants are cultivated, a space full of life and of spirits. According to the Amazonian knowledge, plants have distinct spirits that are able to influence the material world and human bodies, and can communicate with people. This perspective on nature questions modern Western views on farming and the place of plants in society. But “The First Little Farm” is not a depiction of the natural environment, neither a visual description of mythological subjects. Rather, Yahuarcani paints a more abstract concept of it: a natural force, producer of life, a domain where the spiritual and the material are interconnected.
In “The First Little Farm” as well as the paintings El río (River) or Al caer la noche (Nightfall), the Amazonian environment is not explicit. Yahuarcani is inspired by the knowledge and myths of the Amazon to produce a work evocative of the Amazonia in his own language. Through paintings in which the aesthetic treatment of the images predominates over the narrative, Yahuarcani reshape the ancient Amazonian knowledge, reassessing his importance and validity in the contemporary world.
References
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Yllia Miranda, María Eugenia. “Antropófagos contemporáneos: paradojas y lógicas visuales en la pintura amazónica contemporánea peruana.” Actas del Seminario Internacional Estudios y Encuentros entre Antropología y Arte. Lima: PUCP, en prensa.
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