‘HAND BAGS OF THE GODS’

‘HAND BAGS OF THE GODS’

at Alice Black Gallery

In Mesopotamia there are recorded legends of a heroic bringer of civilisation to humanity, a being known as Adapa, Dagon or Oannes. This mythical figure is portrayed in several forms, a fish-tailed man, an eagle-headed man or a winged man, always carrying a bag in one hand. The strange deity was considered the founder of civilisation, emerging from the waters of the Persian Gulf and bringing with him the knowledge of writing, art and sciences. The written legend is at least 4500 years old at least, but the root is of an unknown age consider that geographically speaking the ancient site of Gobekli Tepe also lays in the region of Mesopotamia is 12 thousand years old and features depictions of Hand bags . On the other side of the world from ancient Mesopotamia at the Olmec sight of Leventa in Mexico one of the earliest representation of Quetzalcóatl is also carrying a hand bag of the gods and his role is also that of the bringer of knowledge.
Also in Mexico at the sight of Tula—an important regional center which reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire. we will find their massive statues and once again the mysterious handbag is present. Also in the Dogon culture in west Africa, Aboriginal Australia, Sumba Indonesia, California Cosco district, Incan Peru, Colombia and Bosnia to name a few.

Features as part of

TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS, 2020 at ALICE BLACK GALLERY

SOL BAILEY-BARKER, JOY BONFIELD-COLOMBARA, GEORGE CONDO, MARY REID KELLEY & PATRICK KELLEY, SASHA OKUN, SOLA OLULODE,
IRVIN PASCAL, TRISTAN PIGOTT, ADAM POPLI, HARRIET POZNANSKY, BLUE REPUBLIC, FRANKIE ROBERTS, ALEXANDER ROSENBERG & CHICA SEAL