Part I Part II A discussion with artist James Turrell, who’s installations examine “perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site-specificity.” His work is currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Month: August 2013
Giant Maya Carvings in Guatemala
Recently found in the Maya city of Holmul in the northeastern Petén Basin region in Guatemala, near the modern-day border with Belize, is an enormous frieze—which measures 26 feet by nearly 7 feet (8 meters by 2 meters)—depicts human figures in a mythological setting, was discovered in July 2013 in the buried foundations of a rectangular pyramid…