Magic Country Pais Magico In English and Spanish
135619Portfolio. Condition: Very Fine. Ediciones Vigia Matanzas Cuba 2009. In English and Spanish. 36 pages. A deluxe specialty book wrapped around with collages drawings and even a special place marker wand! A book you will admire! 11 poems. Nice Firm Clean copy! Copy number 182. Two hundred copies manufactured and illuminated by hand by the Ediciones Vigia in its Del Estero Coleccion. In its preparation it used white cardboard acrylic paint guano cardboard white paper craff; as well as printed papers. They were too used a wooden rod cotton string and feathers natural; add small scraps of cloth for the flame of the oil lamp. Best known for the image of the bird-women Zaida's work bursts with the richness of theme and purpose from the sea-side houses to the iconography of popular gods to the pantheon of Cuban santeria to the baroque work of the cities towns full of beautiful and laborious bird men and women overflowing with feathers arrows wounds branches and colors. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Contents: Todos los caballos pasan de largo ante mi puerta / All the horses pass by my door. Oracion al Quinto Viento / Prayer to the wind from Fifth Compass Point. Mensaje del pais magico / Message from the magic country. Caminando de espaldas / Walking backward. Conversaciones de madrugada / Conversations at dawn. Sabor a moras en la boca / The taste of blackberries in your mouth. En el extranjero / In foreign countries. Santa Marta / Saint Marta. Nido de pajaro / Bird's nest. Todos los caballos pasan / All the horses pass by my door. Espiritu de Sindo / Sindo's Spirit. Zaida del Rio a painter draftsman poet and engraver. She appeared on the Cuban visual arts scene in the 1970s. She is recognized as one of the key figures of contemporary Cuban art. Several periods are recognized in Zaida's painting. The first thing was the countryside with its tobacco houses the children the landscape. Then came the horses. Then came the circus and its colorful characters. Then The Bird Women. Then came the triptychs on Afro-Cuban religion. Later came the peacocks; and finally 'The Cosmic Dance of Shiva' 2010 in which the artist moved by Hindu philosophy expresses the great passion that she gives to this oriental culture. Poetry::1975-Present English/Spanish RBR29 hardcover
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