“Smoking Mirror/ Tezcatlipoca” This piece is part of my show DAWNFALL GODS at @keepcontemporaryofficial Check it out! Link in bio For more info on available pieces please contact [email protected] About the show: The movements of the stars in the sky, storms, earthquakes and the natural cycles of life and death are phenomena that have captivated the human imagination since the beginning of civilization.In Mesoamerican cultures it was believed that each era was dominated by the birth of a new sun whose death brought with it the destruction of mankind. The Twilight Gods, dwellers of the eternal night and creators of the earth and everything that inhabits it, chose the next sun from among them. The Sun of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water preceded our Sun, The Sun of Movement. This exhibition addresses the transformations that the Gods underwent during that first dawnfall. It is said that the rays of the fifth Sun were so powerful that they instantly petrified all the Gods who eagerly awaited him on the surface of the earth, their changing essence was enclosed in stone bodies.However, some managed to escape the devastating rays of light. The gods of death were in the depths of the underworld and it was they who were in charge of creating the new man. They took four seeds of corn, which they sowed and harvested with care in the humid earth and with them they created a man who at the end of his days should return to the earth that gave him life. With the help of their messengers they gave us the language of fire and their wisdom was passed down from generation to generation until today. Now with different names and in different ways we continue to care for and venerate the ancient Gods who patiently await the arrival of the next Sun and a new dawnfall that will free them from their stone prison. #dawnfallgods #keepcontemporary #tezcatlipoca #smokingmirror #espejohumeante #mesoamerican #mythology #ancientgods #artemexicano #mexicanart #milkalolo #duality #mexicanfolklore #obsidian #toltec #warrior #warlords #guerrero #mirror #espejo #spiegel #miroir #contemporaryart #surrealart #womanartist #latinamericanart #obsidienne #ancientcivilization #neomexicanismos https://www.instagram.com/p/CV_kp8yrWF2/?utm_medium=tumblr
