Series: Xingu Chronicles
Amazonia, Brazil 1996 - 1998
Dillon Gallery,New York
Suya River, Xingu Province, Amazonia, Brazil: Chief of the Suya tribe and Per Fronth bids farewell one misty morning along the Suya river in August 1996. But before the departure in to the small carved out wooden boats we exchanged gifts; underwater goggles for a beautiful headdress.
Xingu Chronicles: A background
Border of Xingu Park, Brazil, 1998
In the middle of Brazil's once inaccessible rainforest,along the beautiful Xingu river, 16 different tribes share a common territory known as the Xingu Park. Spread out in 29 villages the four thousand Indians share a preservation of 12000-square-miles and continue to maintain clearly different languages, traditions and social structures.Through archeological studies one have established the origin of these peoples back more than a thousand years in the same area.
"Xingu Chronicles" is a photographic portrait of the Xingu culture, which at the end of the 20th-century is both threatened by profit-seeking multi-national companies, as well as facing the dilemmas of adjusting to the cultural influence of the outside modern society.
The "Xingu Chronicles portfolio " consist of thirty individual photoengravings, recorded in 1996 and 1997 and first exhibited at the Dillon Gallery, New York in 1998.
The edition of each individual image is limited to thirtyfive prints, with one BAT, two printers proofs and six artist proofs made. Printed on Lana Royal Classic Paper using Silicon-Intaglio technique.
Handprinted by Nathan Kanofsky / Arak Kanofsky Studios, New York
Catalog supported in part by Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Special Thanks to Everyone in the Xingu Park and Rainforest Foundation International
Xingu Chronicles Paintings:
Burning Bush
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
233 x 170 cm / 88 x 68 in
Private Collection / United States
1998
Turtle Egg Harvest - Ver IV
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
223 x 161 cm / 88 x 63 in
Collection of Cecilie Juvodden / Norway
1998
Red Chief
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
227 x 170 cm / 90 x86 in
Collection of the Per Fronth
1998
Young Cameraman
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
137 x 147 cm / 54 x 58 in
Private Collection / Middle East
1998
Underwatergirls
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
200 x 160 cm
Ver I: Private Collection / Norway
Ver II: Private Collection / Vienna
Ver III: Private Collection / Ingelheim / Germany
1998
Cloud ( Pingu Chief)
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
53 x 203 cm / 60 x 80 in
Collection of Assuranceforeningen Gard / Norway
1998
Red Cloud
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
66 x 76 cm / 26 x 29 in
Private Collection / New York
1998
Xingu Chief
Mixed Media / Oil on Canvas
203 x 170 cm / 78 x 66 in
Ver I.: Collection of Verdens Gang / Norway
Ver II.: Private Collection / London
1998
Nightwarriors
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
182 x 152 cm / 72 x 60 in
Private Collection / United States
1998
Linedance Suya
Triptych
Phototransfer / Oil on Canvas
320 x 142 cm / 126 x 56 in
Collection of Kristin & Andy Jacob / Arizona
1998