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sat. 21 Sep.

Before the 'colonization' of America, there were feather workshops called amantecas. For Mesoamerican cultures, the use of birds was a reference to Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent (god of Aztec mythology). This god was the protector of feather art. Exotic birds were raised for the use of their colors. Feathers had ritual, funerary, festive, and warlike uses; it was an art of extreme skill. The first religious miniatures circulated in Latin America were created using this technique, which is thus intimately linked to the birth of the image on this continent. Omar Castillo Alfaro is a Mexican artist, selected at the Salon de Montrouge 2023 and currently a resident at Casa Velazquez. For the Young Public workshop at Centre Pompidou-Metz, he chose to blend artisanal skills from Mexican culture with today's images in a colorful world. In a mysterious and enchanting setting, with numerous multicolored feathers, children are invited to create miniature images that will bring forth a new bestiary of figures. In doing so, they are introduced to feather art as a memory of the feather workshops that existed in Mexico until the 17th century and discover the sacred Mesoamerican art, whose respectful practice is itself an awareness of protecting endangered species.

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Artist: Omar Castillo Alfaro
Workshops for Young Public
Selected at Salon de Montrouge 2023
Residency at Casa Velazquez
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Automatically translated from French.

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