Universal Woman (2008) George Simon (artist and archaeologist)
george simon (left) , anil roberts (right) @ work on mural palace of peacock: homage wilson harris @ university of guyana (2009).
universal woman 1 of simon s well-known artworks, , displayed @ national cultural centre in georgetown. painting triptych composed of paintings of water-goddesses or water-spirits of 3 main cultures of guyana: african, indian , amerindian. 1 depicts mami-wata of african , african-diasporic traditions; gaṅgā (or ganga mai), female deity of river ganges in hindu; , oriyu - female water-spirit features in number of amerindian mythic traditions.
writing stabroek news, al creighton described painting major work in guyanese art , adding: triptych majestic , powerful female deities studies . philbert gadajar praised simon having achieved great synthesis , powerful portrait painting. gadajar characterized painting map of psyche, vaporous interior realm thought , emotion fall weightlessly , vertiginously, tumbling out of unknown past knowable future . desrey fox, head of ministry of education in guyana, described universal woman inspiration amerindian perspective : [t]hinking spiritually , said, traditions of our amerindian people, lot of has put on canvas can teach our spirituality .
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