What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction?
Artist: Yesica Patiachi TayoriName in Harakbut (pseudonym): ChikkaTitle: Las Líneas Corporales de la Mujer Harakbut 2 / TheCorporeal Lines of the Harakbut Women 2Media: paint on canvasDimensions: 16” x 27” Brief description: Just as many native peoples have their traditional dress, the Harakbut used natural dyes directly on the body and created design lines which … Read more
Artist: Yesica Patiachi TayoriName in Harakbut (pseudonym): ChikkaTitle: Las Líneas Corporales de la Mujer Harakbut 1 / TheCorporeal Lines of the Harakbut Women 1Media: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 16”x 27” Brief description: Just as many native peoples have their traditional dress, the Harakbut used natural dyes directly on the body and created design lines which were … Read more
Artist: Yesica Patiachi TayoriName in Harakbut (pseudonym): ChikkaTitle: El Origen de las Líneas Harakbut en el Arbol Anämëi/ The Origins of the Harakbut Lines in the Anämëi TreeMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 27”x 37” Brief description: This work shows a different view of the Anämëi tree – the tree of salvation of the Harakbut. Just as … Read more
Artist: Brandon Moqui YamoName in Harakbut (pseudonym): MoquiTitle: La Extracción del Oro a través de la Tolva / GoldExtraction Through the ChuteMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 19”x 25” Brief description: In this part of the Amazon there is a way to extract gold, the chute method is used, as the miners call it. In the chute … Read more
Artist: Yesica Patiachi TayoriName in Harakbut (pseudonym): ChikkaTitle: Nos Están Desapareciendo a los Defensores de losBosques / They are Causing the Disappearance of the Protectors of the ForestMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 27”x 37” Brief description: This painting is based on real events. Years ago the miners had been invading the territories of Puerto Luz, a … Read more
Artist: Anelice Cáceres PatiachiName in Harakbut (pseudonym): EwisuTitle: Dolor y Muerte de los Ancianos Harakbut / The Pain and Death ofTwo Harakbut EldersMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 37”x 27” Brief description: This painting shows an episode from real life in the Harakbut village… It tells of how two elders decided to live in the middle of … Read more
Artist: Francis Quique AlvarezName in Harakbut (pseudonym): AchipeTitle: Mi Tierra, el Futuro en Tus Manos / My Territory, the Future in Your HandsMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 25”x 19” Brief description: This painting shows us scenes from 4 different worlds – in two worlds the flora, fauna and cultural wealth of the Harakbut people are observed; … Read more
Artist: Paul Sonque MikiriName in Harakbut (pseudonym): SonquepuaTitle: La Agonía de los Animales del Bosque / The Agony of the Animals of the ForestMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 19” x 25” Brief description: For the Harakbut, the animals were once human beings but at one point they sacrificed themselves and became different kinds of animals so … Read more
Artist: Rayner Joao Mikiri SihuiName in Harakbut (pseudonym): YonopuaTitle: El Paso del Agua Sucia / The Passage of Dirty WaterMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 25”x 19” Brief description: A Harakbut observes how the rivers change color – the dirty, arid forest dries up and consumes the healthy forest. The water is the source of life and … Read more
Artist: Rayner Joao Mikiri SihuiName in Harakbut (pseudonym): YonopuaTitle: La Chicharra Llora / The Cry of the CicadaMedia: Paint on CanvasDimensions: 14” x 18” Brief description: In the Harakbut world, the cicada heralds summer and the other seasons of the year. Its beautiful song announces the flowering of different species of trees and plants. In … Read more