Buddha and Coatlicue: two equidistant forms of manifestation

Authors

  • Janneth Alyne Pérez López Artista independiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.vi12.442

Keywords:

Buddha, Coatlicue, China, Mexico, representation, sculpture, ixiptla

Abstract

This paper approaches the unexpected encounters that can be found from the understanding of "what is foreign". Buddha and Coatlicue are two stone sculptures that "dialogue" beyond their form, they are traces of two cultures that developed a singular way of seeing the world and that, intentionally or not, manifest similarities in the level of contradiction. Perhaps it is unconventional to understand how two sculptures establish a dialogue, however, from this proposal the distance between China and Mexico turns out to be shorter than it seems. May these reflections serve to place them as worthy representatives of two, not so distant, forms of existence.

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Published

2021-11-30

How to Cite

Pérez López, J. A. (2021). Buddha and Coatlicue: two equidistant forms of manifestation. Index, Contemporary Art Magazine, (12), 106–115. https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.vi12.442

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