Kara Tribe Man painting By @dabird
Kara Tribe Man By @dabird
This oil painting is based on a series of photographs by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher. They have managed to portray various aspects of African culture with the lens of their camera, giving relevance to the portrait of men and women. Through these photographs can be seen significant aspects that are part of African ceremonies in much of the continent where it is evident the importance of the use of trappings for special moments, the transformation of the body through permanent body modifications and body painting, the latter used predominantly.
The man of the painting that belongs to the kara tribe of the south of Sudan carries in his body dresses, jewels and body painting characteristic of the Kara's cultural ceremonies. Particularly my interest in representing it in an oil painting had to do with painting what has been painted. The animal markings that the man has painted on his skin contain a symbolism that I wanted to transmute on the canvas. The difference of scales to a bigger than the original (photo seen on the web) was another factor that interested me to reinterpret, since I wanted to emphasize the details of the original photography and provide expressive elements of my own way of painting. Regarding the choice of color palette that I used on the canvas, I was interested in experimenting with combinations in which there was a mediation between the real photographic image and my interpretation of color as a communicative element through oil painting.
Texto en español
Esta pintura al óleo está basada en una serie de fotografías de Carol Beckwith y Angela Fisher quienes han logrado retratar diversos aspectos de la cultura africana con la lente de su cámara, dando relevancia al retrato de hombres, mujeres y niños. A través de estas fotografías se pueden ver aspectos significativos que forman parte de las ceremonias africanas en gran parte del continente, donde se evidencia la importancia del uso de atavíos para momentos especiales, la transformación del cuerpo mediante modificaciones corporales permanentes y pintura la corporal, este último utilizado predominantemente en varias regiones de Africa central. El hombre de la pintura que pertenece a la tribu kara del sur de Sudán lleva en su cuerpo vestidos, joyas y pinturas corporales características de las ceremonias culturales de su tribu. Particularmente, mi interés en representarlo en una pintura al óleo tenía que ver con pintar lo pintado. Las marcas de animales que el hombre tiene pintadas en su piel contienen un simbolismo que quería transmutar en el lienzo. La diferencia de escalas a una más grande que la original (foto vista en la web) fue otro factor que me interesó reinterpretar, ya que quería enfatizar los detalles de la fotografía original y proporcionar elementos expresivos de mi propia manera de pintar. En cuanto a la elección de la paleta de colores que utilicé sobre el lienzo me interesaba experimentar con combinaciones en las cuales hubiera una mediación entre la imagen real fotográfica y mi interpretación del color como elemento comunicativo a través del lenguaje pictórico.
Oli in canvas / Size: 100 x 120 cm

Este obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional.
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Love the green background and the vermillion necklace.
thanks for your comment @kathleenscarboro : )
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great painting!