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"Ahua Can"
  • Ahua Can
  • Brass, cotton thread, ceramic, wood, and shell found objects dyed with Azul Maya mineral pigment, and postcard
  • 72 x 50 x 25 inches
  • 2023
  • Ahua Can meaning serpent in Mayan, is based on the temple of Kukulcán (El Castillo), located in Chichen Itza. El Castillo was designed to align with the celestial, and on the equinoxes two serpent figures at the base of the pyramid appear to have their long tails running down the side of the pyramid. The postcard depicts the event. At the base of this airy geometric structure sits statuettes of El Castillo’s related deities Chac Mool, the red Jaguar and the feather serpent deity Kukulcán, each painted with Azul Maya, a blue pigment, sacred to the Maya and sourced on a trip to Mexico. Grounded upon the earth and aligning with the heavens, the earthly viewer may experience and contemplate the throughlines of impermanent matter and the immaterial.