Description
Simon Vega, El Salvadorean artist: “Much of my work is related to ancestral Mesoamerican cultures, among which the Maya are one of the peoples I admire the most (both the ancestral and the current Maya and how they maintain their roots). Elements of these cultures remain in the mestizaje of present-day El Salvador.
‘Spirit that lives in me, stop fighting against your destiny’ (2023) is part of a new body of work I am exploring. These works question the Eurocentric concept of ‘primitivism’ and incorporate Mesoamerican as well as Afro-Caribbean elements (my father was Panamanian, and we lived there for 8 years). In these pieces, I seek to materialize elements of an incomplete, hybrid, and timeless spirituality that has not disappeared.
In these works, there is a relationship with Maya architectural sculpture and Maya textiles (...) The motif of concentric diamonds has a direct relationship with its use in Maya textiles and culture, symbolizing the four directions of the universe.”
‘Spirit that lives in me, stop fighting against your destiny’ (2023) is part of a new body of work I am exploring. These works question the Eurocentric concept of ‘primitivism’ and incorporate Mesoamerican as well as Afro-Caribbean elements (my father was Panamanian, and we lived there for 8 years). In these pieces, I seek to materialize elements of an incomplete, hybrid, and timeless spirituality that has not disappeared.
In these works, there is a relationship with Maya architectural sculpture and Maya textiles (...) The motif of concentric diamonds has a direct relationship with its use in Maya textiles and culture, symbolizing the four directions of the universe.”
Creator
Simon Vega