Yucatán: Reflections On Collaboration - Exhibiting Contemporary Maya Art

Yucatán: Reflections On Collaboration - Exhibiting Contemporary Maya Art   Mary Katherine Scott, 2012   This article describes the collaboration with Maya artisans during the exhibition, Crafting Maya Identity: Contemporary Wood Sculptures from the Puuc Region of Yucatán, Mexico. The exhibition called into question the applicability of Western systems of value and classification to the aesthetic works of other cultures and also explored notions of contemporary Maya identity in the...

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