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Spices Series: Cloves (Serie Especias: Clavos de Olor)

Spices Series: Cloves (Serie Especias: Clavos de Olor) by Yamilys Brito Jorge, xilography and digital print, 2011 – available at Discoveries in Art.

Clavos de olor, para el amor. Cloves for love.

This series is a play on the meaning and use of the spices, like a sorcerer who prepare a potion, a magic brew to solve the daily life problems, to avoid to cry, to fall in love, to find the happiness or the fame. The whole series is composing by 12 different spices. And the title is rhyme playing on words in Spanish what elucidates the meaning and purpose of each spice or seasoning is for. The prints are near by a philosophical and white magic illustration.

  • Materials: xilography and digital print
  • Size: 38 x 28 cm
  • Year: 2011
  • Inventory #: 14-14
  • Artist: Yamilys Brito Jorge