#shipibo
Heart-beat of the Medicine Bird
Daniel Mirante, 2015
180x130cm oil on linen
A traditional Shipibo-conibo quiquin (pattern-song-design, Colibri design) rendered into one-point perspective, then mirrored. The bolder lines emphasized to create a mandala-design. There are many other patterns that could have been brought out in this way - there are many ‘hidden variables’. I then depicted a heraldic archetypal forms, attempting a balance between location in the cone of vision, but also depth receding into the cone of vision.
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These beautiful textiles are created in the Peruvian Amazon by the Shipibo Tribe. Inspired by the sacred plant Ayahuasca these pieces of art are said to contain the lyrics to the songs inspired by the this medicine. The patterns are encoded with light and sound of different medicine songs each with their own meaning. The different patterns contain different intentions, such as for healing illness, blessings and creativity, strength and protection, as well as psychic abilities. Check the links or take a trip to the jungle ;)
Blessings of Light and Love!
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Tunic, Shipibo, 1900,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 118.1 x 127 cm (46 ½ x 50 in.)
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85528/
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