#belkisayon

[oprojetofenda]

Belkis Ayón Manso. •• “Pretendo sobretudo dar a minha visão, o meu ponto de vista como observadora, relacionando-o persistentemente com o questionamento da natureza do homem, com as vivências pessoais, com aquele sentimento que às vezes nos apanha e não sabemos definir, com aquelas emoções fugazes... com o espiritual. Eu incorporo símbolos de outras culturas em meus trabalhos para expressar minhas ideias com maior riqueza e clareza.”

[martaquesefartastuff]

Last week I illustrated Belkis Ayón for the #herchiveproject The darkness behind her work is incredible beautiful and touching. Check the complete story at @herchive.project #Herchive #belkisayon #illustration #arthistory #artistsofinstagram #cuba #havana #procreate #portrait #editorialillustration #art #graphic #drawing #illustagram (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55hM6tB9jn/?igshid=ne5bmkxqcmyk

[herchive]

For Belkis Ayón, it was more than religion “I am mostly interested in questioning humanity, the fleeting feelings, the spirituality.” she said in an interview in 1999. #Herchive #belkisayon #illustration #arthistory #womenmakinghistory #archive #women #artist #womenartist #femaleartists #collography #printmaking #artistsofig #womenempoweringwomen #equality #herstory #abakua #cuba #havana (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5sdprPlIxm/?igshid=1dfb9zzyhoiou

[herchive]

Belkis Ayón at the Havana Galerie, Zurich, Aug. 23, 1999. Fowler Museum at UCLA, photo by Werner Gadliger #herchive #belkisayon #arthistory #womenmakinghistory #archive #women #womenempowerment #artist #womenartist #femaleartists #collography #printmaking #artsofinstagram #equality #herstory #cuba #havana (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5k3od4FdJE/?igshid=qyhuqy6twv2w

[herchive]

Belkis Ayón (1967-1999) was born in Havana, Cuba, and was a printmaker specialized in the technique of Collography, a printmaking technique for making works on paper. Ayón work themes revolved around the Abakuá, an exclusively-male Afro-Cuban society with a complex mythology that informs their rites and traditions. Abakuá began in Nigeria and was brought to Haiti and Cuba through the slave trade in the 19th century. Ayón researched the history of the Abakuá extensively, with special emphasis on the most prominent female figure in the religion, Princess Sikan. She sometimes replaced male figures with female figures, as in La Cena, where she portrayed some of the disciples at the Last Supper with ambiguously gendered figures. She also replaced Jesus with the image of Sikan. By disrupting the male-dominated Abakuán mythology through the creation of a more egalitarian iconography, Ayón defied the society's norms, and perhaps also those propagated by the Cuban government. Sadly, Ayón took her own life in 1999 leaving behind a powerful and innovative body of work that is both beautiful as it is scary (as her sister describes it) and also a family determined to keep Belkis legacy alive. #Herchive #belkisayon #illustration #arthistory #womenmakinghistory #archive #women #artist #womenartist #femaleartists #collography #printmaking #artistsofig #womenempoweringwomen #equality #herstory #abakua #cuba #havana (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YCEoPlZHJ/?igshid=kv7rx2v97i0a

[thethinginthebag]

Chioma Ebinama creates her own personal mythologies. Wonder if she's been looking at/inspired by #BelkisAyon @springbreakartshow #chiomaebinama @chiomaebinama (at SPRING/BREAK Art Show)

[ninacm]

La Cena -by Belkis Ayón #abakua #belkisayon #cuban #artist #supper #art #artiseverywhere #printmaking #openyoureyes #ElMuseoDeBarrio #latergram #latergramfordays #latergramforweeks

[thethinginthebag]

#BelkisAyon @elmuseodelbario surprising startling #sinuses #elmuseodelbario