The work represents the face of a Mapuche indigenous person, a shaman from the region of Auraucania (southern Chile).
The portrait is made after sketches in the presence of the man, the sketches are the fruit of a meeting in Chile, during a trip to the Mapuche region.
It symbolizes a reflection on our predecessors and on the transmission of knowledge and on shamanism, this theme is explored in depth in the series of works: Le rêve d'Hopi.
The man's gaze fixes the viewer in order to get in touch with him, as if going to speak to him, the details induce the latter to concentrate on the observation of this face and to think about the history of the character suspended between past and present.
