concave-convex 100-x-80-cm-2015.jpg (2016) Painting by Claudia Fuentes De Lacayo

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Seller Claudia Fuentes De Lacayo

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This artwork appears in 3 collections
  • Original Artwork Painting,
  • Dimensions Height 39.4in, Width 31.5in
  • Categories Paintings under $20,000 Conceptual Art
Mesoamerican pottery has some great traditions. Not only did the various Mesoamerican cultures make and use very utilitarian vessels for food storage and cooking, but they also made more ceremonial vessels, funerary urns, and figures. The thin walls of each clay jar and its symmetrical forms were attained without the use of a potter's wheel.[...]
Mesoamerican pottery has some great traditions. Not only did the various Mesoamerican cultures make and use very utilitarian vessels for food storage and cooking, but they also made more ceremonial vessels, funerary urns, and figures. The thin walls of each clay jar and its symmetrical forms were attained without the use of a potter's wheel. Just in these few shards we can glimpse a mastery of clay and a level of craftsmanship that is truly anything but "primitive". This artwork depicts and Concave and Convex symbol of understanding the depth of our Mesoamerican cultures knowledge. Concave is used to describe an entity having an outline that curves inwards. On the other hand, convex is used to describe an entity having an outline or surface that bulges out. Jars are the answer of ancient indigenous knowledge.

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Claudia Fuentes de Lacayo, SHORT BIO Born in Nicaragua, Central America, she studied at National School of Fine Arts, Managua, Nicaragua. Special Art Courses at Catholic University, Santiago, Chile.[...]

Claudia Fuentes de Lacayo, SHORT BIO
Born in Nicaragua, Central America, she studied at National School of Fine Arts, Managua, Nicaragua. Special Art Courses at Catholic University, Santiago, Chile. Engraving at Nemesio Antúnez Atlelier 99, Santiago, Chile. Her artwork deals about the unconscious of Mesoamerican people that survives at the ceramic pot, the broken ceramic bowl and the clay figurine buried under the structures of Western culture. With her brush and palette knife she models each piece as if it were clay, and she discovers it as an archaeologist under the walls of Western Culture Epistemology. She has had 17 solo exhibitions in Nicaragua, Guatemala, USA, Chile and Costa Rica and 63 group participations in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Spain, Chile, China, El Salvador, and USA. She has been awarded at the 1st Central American Biennial at San Salvador; recognition in “Between Centuries”, Central American Contemporary Art Book, by Fundación Rozas Botrán and as a Master of Nicaraguan Art, National Culture Palace, Managua, Nicaragua. Her artwork was just published in the XI International Contemporary Masters curated by Despina Tunberg, edited by Worldwide Art Books and exhibited at Las Vegas Art Museum in 2017. Her works belong to private and public collections in many countries. She is a member of WEAD, Women Eco Artists Dialog, California, USA and Decolonial Art Projects, Arteresponsable Centroamericano and attained recently the Galileo Galilei International Award and the Cristoforo Colombo International Award.

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