It was a priviledge to meet Amaru Cholango, a simple man, an artist with wisdom and great knowledge.
He has so much to say about his work that you don't really feel the need for questions and in a funny way he anticipates the questions you would have had with very precise and detailed answers, about the way he works and the energy he puts into his installations and exhibitions.
He is from Ecuador and his family lived in a traditional way and their belief is Chamanism.
He learnt this practise and its rituals from his mother, who had herself, learnt from her father, and he, from his ancestors, and so forth and so on.
The concepts of transmission of knowledge and beliefs are constantly present in Amaru Cholango work and he tries to test the viewer into exploring his own possibility to choose and decide for himself.
What is good and what is bad, what is true and what is a lie, what is religion what is not... This continuous dialogue is taken, seriously, like a mission, to educate and give awareness to the young and old generations, who have lost belief and contact to the elements of nature surrounding us.
What is good and what is bad, what is true and what is a lie, what is religion what is not... This continuous dialogue is taken, seriously, like a mission, to educate and give awareness to the young and old generations, who have lost belief and contact to the elements of nature surrounding us.
His works are both mystical and political, on each level, he shows the behaviour of mankind, his attitude towards nature and the destruction he causes to civilisation with the excuse of industrial devellopement.
www.amaru-cholango.com
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