Rujawaal ya’ 2016 Manuel Chavajay (b.1982 Guatemala)
Often depicting aspects of everyday life in his home of Sa Pedro La Laguna, Chavajay’s work contends with the contemporary conditions affecting his Tz’utujil community. The oar, camouflaged with traditional Tz’utujil textile patterns, all but disappears in front of the fabric itself. The relationship between the two objects blurs the genders in Mayan cosmology and honours the craftsmanship of men and women elders.
Rujawaal ya’ 2016 Manuel Chavajay (b.1982 Guatemala)
Often depicting aspects of everyday life in his home of Sa Pedro La Laguna, Chavajay’s work contends with the contemporary conditions affecting his Tz’utujil community. The oar, camouflaged with traditional Tz’utujil textile patterns, all but disappears in front of the fabric itself. The relationship between the two objects blurs the genders in Mayan cosmology and honours the craftsmanship of men and women elders.