Not bothering with museums today, I decided to visit more markets to see what magic soap could be found; I went to Mercado Santa Clara, and back to Mercado Iñaquito, which I went to a few days earlier. In the afternoon I saw an exhibition called ‘Tu Memoria, mis parablas’, by Quito artist and designer … Continue reading 10 / 9 / 15 – Quito – Magic Soap and Contemporary Exhibition
I found the Museo Nacional, Ministerio de Cultura del Ecuador, which is quite close on the bus. It’s Amazing – There are three floors; the first floor shows art from all the cultures of Ecuador before the Incas arrived (from about 4000bc through to about 1533ad) – almost all of it ceramics in all kinds … Continue reading Quito – 9 / 9 / 15
In Quito with Susana who is letting me stay in her flat. Its been my first day out in the city after being a bit ill. I went to the Mercado Iñaquito on Iñaquito Av., and they had many treasures there; esoteric stalls selling magic soap (jabon esoterico), amongst fruit and veg stalls, and wine … Continue reading Quito – 7 / 9 / 15 – Finding new magic soap
Today I went to the Museo Antropologico P. Sebastian Englert, where I learnt more about the Tangata Manu cult, and about the Moai Kava Kava. In the afternoon I walked to Ana Kakenga cave on the west coast of the island, and found some shrines and graves in the Hanga Roa cemetery. The day ended … Continue reading Easter Island – 1 / 9 / 15
Today I wanted to learn more about the Tangata Manu (Birdman) cult that grew out of the war fair that saw the toppling of the Moai on the island around the 17th century. The most important place of the Tangata Manu was the sacred village of Orongo, at the top of Rano Kau volcano. Every … Continue reading Easter Island – 31 / 8 / 15
Today is my last day in Santiago. After posting some masks and Ekeko’s to Cardiff and getting a bus ticket to the airport, I spent the rest of the afternoon back in the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, which has been like a second home while I have been here. While there I did a … Continue reading 28 / 8 / 15 – Last day in Santiago, Chile
On my way to the zoo to draw the Elephants and Monkeys there, I went into West Coast Motion Picture, and met the owner, Mario del Villar Fundó, who had written for Condorito (A famous Chilean comic, which you will see everywhere here), and also subtitled and dubbed many of the old super hero series … Continue reading Magic Soap and Comics
I went to post some postcards at the Correo Central, Plaza de Armas. They also have a post museum there, which I thought would be boring, but I went in to look anyway. Apart from some of the worst and funniest dummies I have ever seen, they had a huge collection of stamps from all … Continue reading Santiago, Chile – 24 / 8 / 15
The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino is my favorite place so far in Santiago. I went back there for the third time yesterday to make more studies of the artifacts there – I was particularly after the Nasca work they have, for the colours, and patterns on their ceramics. Its been challenging to make drawings … Continue reading Return to the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
The past couple of days have gone well, with more drawing and finding interesting things; including a 5 hour trek around the massive Parque Metropolitan de Santiago, a masked gay rights parade, a couple of public shrines. Continue reading Past few Days in Santiago
James Green 