marlene mountain
painting series 22
1993

birdy the topless neolithic bird shevinity

July-September 1993
mixed media (acrylic, colored inks, crayons, paper)
on 11 x 17' paper (Exact Vellum Bristol, 67 lb.;
peach, lavender, mauve)

gg: THE GODDESS AND GODS OF OLD EUROPE
lg: THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODDESS
cg: THE CIVILIZATION OF THE GODDESS
book/s by dr marija gimbutas followed by page numbers,
tentative titles or page content
brackets when b=birdy and/or m=marlene are talking

'birdy the topless neolithic bird shevinity'
the paintings
1) 'birdy shevinity'
2) 'whatta buy' cg 247, f & b flaps [talking m]
3) 'marija' cg preface, m's exhibition
4) 'witches houses' lg 210, cg 171 [b & m w/owl]
5) 'breasts of bird' cg 231, 252 [talking b & talking m]
6) 'oh birdy' gg, lg, cg [b & m]
7) 'our most ancient' lg 237 [talking b & talking m]
8) 'old europe' cg 2, 3, 12, 22-3
9) 'vulva & birth' lg 99-103, 111
10) 'our sisters' lg 99
11) 'pots/neolithization' cg 24-5, 28-9, 34-5, 48-9
12) 'regionalism' 52-5, 62-3, 66-9
13) 'sculpture & pots' [talking m & talking b] lg 239, cg 108-11, 122-3
14) 'categories' cg 222-3
15) 'chevron & v' lg 3, 5, 8, 11, 16-7
16) 'open mouth/beak' lg 63-5
17) 'white lady, vulture, owl' lg 188, 194, 205; cg 239
18) 'old hag' [singing m] lg 108-9, 202, 206-7, 211
19) 'owl' [b & m] lg 190-4
20) 'stiff nude' [b & M] lg 198-9, 203
21) 'ancient bird symbols' [b] cg 230-1
22) 'birdy with 4 wings' cg 234-5
23) 'vulva, triangle, hourglass' lg 237, 240, 244-5
24) 'breasts offering' [b & m] lg, cg
25) 'catal huyuk' cg 6-9, 238
26) 'vulture, hourglass' cg 240-1
27) 'death goddess' [b & talking m] cg 170, 175, 214, 241-2, 244
28) 'death & regeneration' cg 170, 243, 247-8, 295
29) 'reclaim the 'bird'' [talking m & b] lg 245; cg 176
30) 'temples' [b & m] cg 256-7, 259-60
31) 'tomb/womb' [m talking & b] cg 296-8
32) 'hands/feet' lg 305-6, 308-9
33) 'script wow' [talking m] cg 308-11
34) 'letter to birdy' [talking m] gg 175; cg 312-13
35) 'm's 'female alphabet'' cg 313, 315
36) 'signs & seals' cg 313-17
37) 'script & seals' cg 318-21
38) 'settlements' cg 324-27
39) 'temples' cg 328-331
40) 'birdys & m's sheku' gg, lg, cg
41) 'cemeteries' cg 331, 334-7
42) 'social structure' [b & m] cg 342-4
43) 'historic times' lg 37; cg 344-6
44) 'sparta' cg 232, 346-9
45) 'his premonition' lg 183
46) 'collapse' [b & talking m] cg 352-3
47) 'the horse' [b & m] cg 354-7
48) 'k 1 sites' [b & m] cg 357-9, 361-3
49) 'good-bye' cg 183
50) 'the pits' cg 364-7 [b & m]
51) 'yoked' cg 368-71
52) 'pots & tools' [talking m & b] cg 376-9
53) 'divine eyes' [talking b] lg 36
54) 'pots & graves' [talking m] cg 380-4
55) 'k 3 map/sheku' [b & m] cg 384-5
56) 'pots & culture' [b & m] cg 392-4
57) 'he-art' [b & m] cg 395-7
58) 'boring he-art' [b & m] cg 398-9
59) 'but who's' [talking b] cg 400-1
60) 'bury 'em' [b & m] lg 65, 238
61) 'funeral 1' lg, cg 62) 'funeral 2' lg, cg
63) 'funeral 3' lg, cg
64) 'funeral 4' lg, cg
65) 'funeral 5' lg,cg
66) 'funeral 6' lg, cg
67) 'a river of birds' gg, lg, cg
68) 'marija' [b & m] lg 35; cg acknowledgment, copyright, etc., b flap, 231
69) 'marija finally' [mm sheku] cg 233
70) 'birdy marija' cg 233, b flap

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