Abel Rodríguez, Amazon Basin Artist and Plant Expert, Has Died
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His drawings transferred the power of the Amazon jungle to the contemplation of countless views in Colombia and the world. Abel Rodriguez, the artist and sage of the Nonuya community who dedicated his life to embody in paper the plant and animal species that he kept in his memory, died Thursday at 84 years of age. “His works are vivid testimony of the close relationship between the human being and the jungle, and a form of resistance to forgetfu…
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Abel Rodríguez, Amazon Basin Artist and Plant Expert, Has Died
Nonuya and Muinane sage and ecological artist Abel Rodríguez (Don Abel) died yesterday, April 9, as confirmed by his representing gallery Instituto de Visión. Known both by his ancestral name Mogaje Guihu and lovingly as Don Abel, Rodríguez is remembered for his bright ink-on-paper drawings of the lush flora and fauna of the Amazon basin, his inherited knowledge of endemic plants and their medicinal properties, and as one of the few remaining sp…
Abel Rodríguez, Artist Whose Drawings of Plants Became a Hit at Biennials, Has Died
Abel Rodríguez, a Nonuya artist who translated his knowledge of plants in the Amazon into drawings that were shown widely at international biennials, making him one of the most famous artists in Colombia, has died in Bogotá. His gallery, Instituto de Visión, announced his passing on Thursday, but did not specify an age or a cause of death. The gallery said that Rodríguez, who was sometimes called Don Abel, “passed away peacefully, surrounded b…
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