6k BC (2022) Painting by Alfonso Sánchez

Painting inspired by a macro-schematic cave painting found in Pla de Petracos (Castell de Castells- Alicante).
Work worked with music by Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Tom Waits...

In the Pla de Petracos Sanctuary, there is an extraordinary set of paintings spread over six shelters as a natural "altarpiece" on the spectacular rocky wall.
The central position of the set is occupied by the "Coat V" with two human representations. The main figure is a "prayer" (represented in the work Orante prays to the Gods of Nature). Above it, another smaller human figure was painted with a kind of bag or hanging object and in an attitude of movement. This figure is the protagonist of 6k BC (the title refers to its antiquity, 6th millennium BC)

The expressive movement and silhouette of this image of Petracos suggest to the author the figure of a shaman dancing in some kind of celebration.
The fact that these peoples were the first farmers in the area is interpreted as the victory (the word victory appears in the work) of technology, which allows them to evolve and develop social relations and spirituality to a greater extent.
This evolution of the human being through technology is represented with a binary code as the final layer in the work that covers the entire painting (the code includes, in addition to 0 and 1, some V for victory).



Macro-schematic art is only found in the northern area of ​​the province of Alicante, it was created by the first Neolithic groups that arrived in these lands in the middle of the 6th millennium BC, coming from the Near East. Through the Mediterranean, these groups sailed in canoes, always close to the coast, carrying with them wheat and barley seeds, sheep and goats.

These macro-schematic paintings stand out for their large size and the main images are human figures called "orantes", people with their arms raised as if they were praying. They were painted to achieve the fertility of the fields, animals and women.
The chosen places are rocky shelters, well visible and illuminated by the sun. These areas were not habitat but "sanctuaries" to which the surrounding populations went for religious celebrations, rites of passage, alliances...

Information source: Cave guide Archaeological Museum of Alicante 2018.





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