Edgar Calel

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)

Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
22021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Q ́eq Muj q ́ojon (Thick Sound Shadow)
2021 Rope, radios and USB Dimensions variable
Q ́Ana Kit Kit (Yellow Kit Kit)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 240 x 145.6 in
Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 1)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in
Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 2)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 15.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 16.5 x 3.9 x 3 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 48 x 7.8 x 9.8 in
Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable
Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 (Detail) Mud Dimensions variable
Kit Kit Q ́ij Kit Kit (Sun)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 17.7 in
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in
Anatomía de un canto I (Anatomy of a Song I)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in
Anatomía de un canto II (Anatomy of a Song II)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in
Anatomía de un canto III (Anatomy of a Song III)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto V (Anatomy of a Song V)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto IV (Anatomy of a Song IV)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto VI (Anatomy of a Song VI)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in
Anatomía de un canto VII (Anatomy of a Song VII)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in
Dibuxerco I
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 17.7 in
Apen
2021 Oil on canvas 30.3 x 40.1 in
Dibuxerco II
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 19.2 in
Dibuxerco III
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 37.4 x 19.2 in
Qajb ́el Ramaj (Object to Slow Down Time in the House)
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric, wood and acrylic paint Dimensions variable
Dibuxerco IV
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 38.1 x 18.9 in
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable
Pa ru tun che ́ (From the Treetop)
2021 (Detail) Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable
B’alam Ulef (Jaguar of Mud)
2013 Dyptich Oil and mud on canvas 20 x 15 in (each)
Xar – Sueño de obsidiana (Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream)
2020 In collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video 13:06 min

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Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
22021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Q ́eq Muj q ́ojon (Thick Sound Shadow)
2021 Rope, radios and USB Dimensions variable

Q ́Ana Kit Kit (Yellow Kit Kit)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 240 x 145.6 in

Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 1)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in

Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 2)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 15.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 16.5 x 3.9 x 3 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 48 x 7.8 x 9.8 in

Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable

Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 (Detail) Mud Dimensions variable

Kit Kit Q ́ij Kit Kit (Sun)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable

Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 17.7 in

Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in

Anatomía de un canto I (Anatomy of a Song I)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in

Anatomía de un canto II (Anatomy of a Song II)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in

Anatomía de un canto III (Anatomy of a Song III)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto V (Anatomy of a Song V)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto IV (Anatomy of a Song IV)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto VI (Anatomy of a Song VI)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in

Anatomía de un canto VII (Anatomy of a Song VII)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in

Dibuxerco I
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 17.7 in

Dibuxerco II
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 19.2 in

Dibuxerco III
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 37.4 x 19.2 in

Qajb ́el Ramaj (Object to Slow Down Time in the House)
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric, wood and acrylic paint Dimensions variable

Dibuxerco IV
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 38.1 x 18.9 in

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable

Pa ru tun che ́ (From the Treetop)
2021 (Detail) Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable

B’alam Ulef (Jaguar of Mud)
2013 Dyptich Oil and mud on canvas 20 x 15 in (each)

Xar – Sueño de obsidiana (Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream)
2020 In collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video 13:06 min

Pa ru tun ché (From the treetop) is Edgar Calel’s first solo show at Proyectos Ultravioleta, showcasing new and recent works across a variety of media which include painting, sculpture, textile, video and installation, all of which evoke the traditions and beliefs of the Maya Kaqchikel Cosmovision.

His works offer an opportunity to question the expectations and fetishism around contemporary representations of indigeneity, making evident the mechanisms of systemic racism and discrimination directed at the indigenous people of Guatemala, over many centuries.   

Accompanying the exhibition will be a series of activities and public programming in partnership with tropical papers where Calel is a current resident, as well as an written interview with its founder María Inés Rodríguez. tropical papers is a digital platform for reflection on art, architecture, design and scientific research to make visible the work and projects of artists and cultural practitioners focused on these disciplines from and in the Tropics.

Other exhibitions by Edgar Calel at Proyectos Ultravioleta:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Condo London

London, UK

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Tún

Guatemala City, Guatemala

2011

2010

The Queen has died, the moose killed her

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa

Guatemala City. Guatemala

2009