IN THE PORTAL OF 2012
This serie of Patries van Elsen is inspired by the Mayan prophecies and their
stellar calendar
which mysteriously ends on December 21st. 2012.
THE LIGHT OF THE NEW TIME
Inspired
by ancient prophecies of the Native Americans, Patries surprises us again
with a series of paintings that reflect the cosmology of the indigenous Hopi,
Nahuatl, Maya, Inca, and Aymara peoples.
Out of color and light appears the union of the condor from the South and
the eagle from the North: sacred birds whose meeting announces a new heaven
and new earth. And out of the deepest roots of the desert rises the symbol
of the times, like a clock marking the coming era. With her characteristically
bold use of colors Patries gives birth to red and yellow floating in deep
blue infinity. We can also recognize the purity in the white of the great
birds returning after a long journey to their mother-nest.
Patries undoubtedly creates what she believes. Through her work she invites
us to share in the profound message of today that speaks of the time remaining
until December 21st, 2012: the date of the end of the Mayan calendar and the
beginning of a new era in which it is paradoxically up to us to create the
conditions for a future which holds promise for all mankind living in this
sacred place called Earth.
Cristián Sánchez Barros
Eagle
of the north
Acrílics
on canvas
1.15 X 1.45m.
2010
Condor
of the south
Acryl
on canvas
1.15 X 1.45m.
2010
The
prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor
Acryl on canvas
1.15 X 1.45m.
2009
The prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is based on a native American prophecy
from over 500 years ago that says:
"when the condor of the south flies together with the eagle of the north
a new time and a New Sun will be born."
This time has come now, because the eagle and the condor are flying together:
today for example, the eagle can be found in northern Peru, land of the condors
and in the Grand Canyon in Arizona also flies the condor together with the
eagle.
Many
cultures, from Tibetans to the Hopi, they know a prophecy that essentially
says the same; we're near the end of one era and the beginning of another.
The voice of the elders is proclaiming the beginning of the fifth sun, the
end of the Mayan calendar which is followed by a new cycle, a new time.
The
prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor
Acryl on canvas
0.30 X
0.70m.
2013
These prophecies also describe the time we live in today, as a period of great
change,
in every sense, which gives us the opportunity to evolve to a higher level
of consciousness.
2012
Acryl
on canvas
1.45 x 1.15 m.
2009
The
night of the change
Acryl on canvas
1.45 x 1.15 m.
2010
The
night of the change
Acryl on canvas
0.24 x 0.30 m.
2010
Birth
Acryl
on canvas
1.00 x 1.00 m.
2010
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Amsterdam 2009-2013