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ECHOES OF ANCIENT TIMES
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Americas
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Conaway, Janelle
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Copyright informationCopyright Organization of American States, Sales and Promotion Division Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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It has been more than a decade since Nebiur Arellano has lived in Peru, but the shapes and colors of her native country continue to infuse her vivid paintings on silk. "When I paint," she writes in a statement of her artistic vision, "I can almost feel the mud friezes of the citadel of Chan Chan, the threads of filigree of the Wari textiles, the stunning pectorals of the Lord of Sipán, the Nazca lines carved in the desert, the colors of the sacred vases of the Incas, the huge and perfectly cut stones of Machu Picchu."
In a recent interview, the artist said she identifies with all things primitive, with "stone and sand and earth." In fact, last year she was working on a small painting while ...