Yemen is one of my first
painted landscape sculptures of bigger size. It represents an imaginary piece
of mountainous northern yemeni landscape. It looks a bit as if God had taken a
huge shovel and dug out a big cubical square of land. It gives a natural
pedestal base to the sculptured landscape beginning at mid-level, creating
balance.
The landscape shows quite steep and shrugged surfaces. Nevertheless, nearly
every piece of land has been occupied and used by its inhabitants in an
impressive way. Humans are an industrious species, managing to live in
difficult environments. Here, they created what appears to be a small paradise
of oasis, extensive terraced fields and nice picturesque villages. Everyday
life might not be easy there, for example to get water in high points, but at
least the views displayed to all are stunningly beautiful, in a perfect natural
setting.
Traditional cultures usually maintain a balanced life, knowing their survival
is very precarious. Today, the modern man, infatuated of its own power, should
probably rediscover this precious knowledge of the Ancients...
