El Creador
by John Bartosik
Title
El Creador
Artist
John Bartosik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The emblematic piece is “El Creador”, a life-sized sculpture made out of clay: “It represents an adult male with great solemnity. He has great curved fangs and hooked nose, and is kneeling on his left leg, handling a liana. The eyes are similar to the Maya deities’ ones.
“He represents a divinity linked to fertility because he has 2 penises with the shape of lianas that get to his back and shoulder, tie on the chest reaching one of the ends the left thigh and the other possibly the right arm”.Discovered in 1992 in hundreds of pieces at Xochicalco Aztec ruin and on displat at the Museum of Anthropology Mexico City.
The specialist, who has worked in Xochicalco for almost 30 years, added that the character carries a headdress that symbolizes time, as well as cocoa seeds that represent wealth. The sculpture must have been painted, as rests of red pigment on the liana, ears and hair show.
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June 25th, 2013
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