Orbs and Primitive Humans (artwork)

[FourthBase]

From a NY-based literature magazine, Red China.<br>The artwork is by Mariano Chavez.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.redchinamagazine.com/pics/Art/chavez/Fun.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.redchinamagazine.com/pics/Art/chavez/FirstDate.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Here's the full page of his work:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.redchinamagazine.com/chavez.htm" target="top">Mariano Chavez - Red China</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Mariano Chavez works in a variety of media that range from sculpture to drawing. Over the last two years he has been involved in his project and book TROll/Dirty Flowers. Mariano earned his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives in Chicago. Mariano is represented by Van Harrison Gallery New York.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>IMO, it's truly fantastic art, very deep, very disturbing.<br>Any opinions, reactions?<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=fourthbase>FourthBase</A> at: 2/9/06 11:19 pm<br></i>

[professorpan]

I like it. The 2nd painting reminds me of the protohumans in "2001: A Space Odyssey." <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

That second painting is from a World Book Encyclopedia anthropology article; I remember it well. In the early '60's the Leakeys were in the annual Science Year Book, and that painting was supposed to represent "modern man" with early weapons (those were long spears with sharpened and burnt ends) overcoming the ape-like earlier model.<br><br>This version, with flowers in the hands of the Cro-Magnons and orbs in the primitives' hands, is far more interesting. --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[FourthBase]

Wow, thanks for the info MaryK!<br><br>What a beautiful concept.<br>The orbs are still quite strange!<br> <p></p><i></i>