Diosa (Arasy)
Artist name
Artist year born
1940
Artwork title translation
Goddess (Arasy)
Artwork material
oil
pastel
card
pastel
card
Artwork dimensions
height: 36cm
width: 23.5cm
width: 23.5cm
Artwork type (categories)
Painting
Accession method
Donated by Arete 1996
Accession number
4-1996
Label text
During the late 1980s Arete worked on a series of images of gods. In Guaraní mythology the goddess Arasy, mother of heaven, came to earth with the great god Tupa at Areguá, above lake Ypacaraí. There they created the stars, lakes, rivers and all living things. Arete creates her goddess in many layers using a mixture of paint and wax crayon, with touches of gold applied with a brush. The central rectangle is made of a collaged piece of rough-textured hand-made cardboard. The geometric designs suggest Guaraní craftsmanship of the sort Arete encouraged in her studio-gallery in Areguá.
Valerie Fraser
Valerie Fraser
Last updated date
2008