Gaia Has a Thousand Names
Gaia, (Gaea), the primordial Greek goddess of Earth, 鈥渢he Mother of All", has a thousand names. In ancient Anatolia she was Cybele, in Babylon Anat, in Egypt Isis and Hathor, in Celtic Ireland Dana, in India Anapurma 'the provider'. Incas know her as PachaMama. Often named after a place (Astarte, Asherah, Nana, Nut, or Ishara), Gaia, or Planet Earth, appears throughout ancient history as a female divinity, the Great Goddess, source of all human, animal and plant life.
Through the works of 10 international artists, including a selection from the prestigious Elgiz Collection, the exhibition traces the evolution of planet earth's association with a female goddess from prehistoric times to this day, and the implications of women's identification with nature as the powerful binary association of men and culture. It explores how the feminization of nature and the naturalization of women, persisted throughout culture saturating our perceptions of both.
The exhibition is included in the program of collateral events of the 16th edition of the Istanbul Biennial 鈥楾he Seventh Continent, Art in the Anthropocene鈥�.
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Gaia, (Gaea), the primordial Greek goddess of Earth, 鈥渢he Mother of All", has a thousand names. In ancient Anatolia she was Cybele, in Babylon Anat, in Egypt Isis and Hathor, in Celtic Ireland Dana, in India Anapurma 'the provider'. Incas know her as PachaMama. Often named after a place (Astarte, Asherah, Nana, Nut, or Ishara), Gaia, or Planet Earth, appears throughout ancient history as a female divinity, the Great Goddess, source of all human, animal and plant life.
Through the works of 10 international artists, including a selection from the prestigious Elgiz Collection, the exhibition traces the evolution of planet earth's association with a female goddess from prehistoric times to this day, and the implications of women's identification with nature as the powerful binary association of men and culture. It explores how the feminization of nature and the naturalization of women, persisted throughout culture saturating our perceptions of both.
The exhibition is included in the program of collateral events of the 16th edition of the Istanbul Biennial 鈥楾he Seventh Continent, Art in the Anthropocene鈥�.
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