Title: Green Rodete
Year: 2022
Size: Variable. 34 x 34 cm, 65 x 65 cm and 110 x 110 cm.
Technique: Rodetes Series. Digital art s/ Micro-pearl watercolor paper, 280 gr.

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For some time now, I have been developing in my work the concept of "Rodete", so present in the headdresses of Iberian women. And to this Series belongs the work Green Rodete, 2022. The wheel-shaped ornament on each side of the Iberian bust La Dama de Elche is called "Rodete". We can also find Paleolithic Rodetes similar to Chinese disks in the Altamira Museum. In addition, the "wheel" is also a mandala. I've been working inspired by the shape and symbolism of this particular design, who carry liberation through repetition, either visually or soundly (solo piano). It refers to cosmic consciousness and archaeological themes, mythical and universal patterns beneath the surface, and is related to an artistic research into light and color.

The "Rodete" connects contemporary art with archaeology and brings archaeology and knowledge from the past to the present, thus redefining identities from an ecofeminist perspective (feminism and ecology), focusing on ecological sustainability, women and gender issues. There is here the search for a primitive but powerful way in which to express a feminist framework. As Eva Klaehn points out, "The multimedia project Rodete of Pilar Viviente explores the forgotten balance between history and gender." (HOME [less] Catalogue. Garmisch-Partenkirchen: New Art Salon Foundation, 2022).