by Rolf Friberg | Apr 13, 2026 | Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
Gino Ceccarelli, Evolution, Amazonian Art The Expansion of Being Part 1: On the History of a Western Perspective “For us, rivers, mountains and animals are not possessions or commodities.They are our relatives, with whom we stand in a constant dialogue of...
by Rolf Friberg | May 31, 2026 | Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
Gino Ceccarelli, “El Desubrimiento del Amazonas”, The appropriation of America was not merely the encounter of two cultures, but also the collision of two fundamentally different ways of understanding the world. The Expansion of Being,Part 2: Europe 1492...
by Rolf Friberg | Jul 3, 2026 | Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
The Expansion of Being Part 3 The Requerimiento In order to counter emerging accusations of unlawful colonization, neutralize ethical concerns, and provide a legal justification for the appropriation of the New World, the Spanish Crown developed an unprecedented...
by Rolf Friberg | Dec 5, 2025 | Contemporary Art of the Amazon
Brus Rubio, the spiritual guide, Indigenous Contemporary Art Indigenous Cosmovision Ancestral Avant-Garde A Blueprint forAnother Way of Being The Cosmovision: Not an Image, but Its Breath What we call a “worldview” is more than an outlook. For the peoples of the...
by Rolf Friberg | Oct 29, 2025 | Contemporary Art of the Amazon
Luis Martínez Dávila, “Selva.” A portrayal of Amazonian daily life in a Shipibo village, where tradition, community, and nature coexist in harmony. It reveals the forest not as background, but as home, spirit, and sustenance. Contemporary Amazonian Art Part...
