Saúl Kak

Entering the Other World, known as 20 Houses, 202358.5 x 41cmSign in to view price

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Material

acrylic on canvas

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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

"Entering the Other World, known as 20 Houses" by Saúl Kak features a vivid interplay of aquamarines, blues, and greens, creating a mystical atmosphere. The painting depicts a large face adorned with maize, symbolizing fertility and cultural identity, while figures and architectural elements hint at a journey or passage. Kak’s style blends realism with dream-like abstraction, using fluid brushwork. This piece reflects on Zoque territory, submerged due to the Chicoasén dam in 1974, capturing cultural resilience through vivid color and symbolic imagery. ...

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Artist

Saúl Kak

B.1985, Mexican

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. ...