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Saúl Kak

Born in 1985

Overview

Saúl Kak - filmmaker, experimenter in audio and digital art and inveterate and passionate painter, scours the narratives told to him by his tradition-imbued parents to give form and power to his people’s territorial claims and defense. In the series shown at Material Art Fair, Kak’s play of aquamarines (there is one word in Zoque covering blue-green on the spectrum) reflects the fact that part of Zoque territory was immersed in water when commandeered for making the Chicoasén dam in 1974.Read more

Selected artworks
Saúl Kak
No to fracking, 2018
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Saúl Kak
Metza (Two), 2010
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Saúl Kak
Land-taking, 2023
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Saúl Kak
Jalai (Father), 2023
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Saúl Kak
Hurricane Eta, 2023
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Saúl Kak
Healing the Earth, 2023
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Saúl Kak
Entering the Other World, known as 20 Houses, 2023
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Saúl Kak
All is not lost, there’s hope, 2023
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