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Birth | Kayúm Ma’ax

$30,200.00

Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm
2021

“It also has the meaning ‘The jungle giving life’. It will give light; the woman finds the ceiba tree, not the papayas. There is no midwife, no one, because they live alone, so in this time, babies were not born directly for a long time. So, the baby is born on the trunk of the ceiba tree. The ceiba tree is sacred. When she feels pain, she goes to the ceiba tree, removes the pain, and the baby is born on the trunk of the ceiba tree.” – Kayúm Ma’ax

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Kayúm Ma’ax, Maya/Lacandón artist, was born in Naha, Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico, in 1962. A self-taught artist awarded the Chiapas Prize in 1992. He paints with an eye trained since birth in the jungle environment, and an unprecedented narrative ability informed by the worldview and local history of Nahá (a population of 250 people) that has only been “open to the world” for about 50 years. Learn more.

Weight 5 kg
Dimensions 105 × 85 × 8 cm

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