{"product_id":"the-oldest-landscape","title":"The oldest landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eheight 120 cm, width 240 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eacrylic, pigments, waxes, charcoal, India ink and pencil.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecanvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA painting created through free improvisation. Action painting set to the music of The Beatles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Lion Panel in the Chauvet Cave (France) is considered probably the first painted landscape in history. A group of lions stalks a herd of bison. The painting is fantastic and extraordinarily expressive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this work, some of the figures from this panel (the lionesses on the left) and from other places in the cave (the stylized mammoth or the rhinoceros at the bottom) are reinterpreted, building a landscape \"in the Chauvet style\" where these figures coexist and relate to some of my usual drawings, especially with the figure of the humanoid equipped with his trident (symbol of agriculture) which seems to indicate that from now on he is the king and the Earth belongs to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe are only animals, yet we speak with the Gods. We hunt and paint. We farm and pray. We are insignificant and gigantic at the same time. Simple and magical. We are nothing, or perhaps the only thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We, who are Nature but have become something else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gestural, intuitive painting that lets things happen and relies on what emerges. Taking advantage of the unexpected and accepting the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The unknown, that which slips through our fingers... Nature, antiquity, the earthly and the spiritual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The need to tell stories, to leave a mark, to understand the world, which is always both modern and ancient.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Nothing matters much... Working with a lost look in my eyes...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProfessional packaging and certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"alfonso.sanchez.art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49009354342741,"sku":null,"price":5686.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0424\/6723\/files\/IMG_20240613_183132_2.jpg?v=1718385275","url":"https:\/\/alfonsoart.com\/en-us\/products\/the-oldest-landscape","provider":"alfonso.sanchez.art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}