Orlando Almanza
The Devil and The Guao Plant, 2022
oil on linen
51 x 51 in
129.5 x 129.5 cm
129.5 x 129.5 cm
ALM012
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Deep in the mountain, you will find the lush smells and foliage. Here you are silent witnesses, to a dreamlike scene, the struggle between the Devil and the Guao bush...
Deep in the mountain, you will find the lush smells and foliage. Here you are silent witnesses, to a dreamlike scene, the struggle between the Devil and the Guao bush ( a poisonous plant that causes the skin to swell.) This piece leads us through Cuban mythology, as a symbolic landscape that is articulated through the metaphysical, the imaginary. Before you, you find a scene of tension, a dispute to find out who will prevail, the plant or the evil?