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Vueltas (Spin)

"Vueltas" was inspired by an engraved bone from Tikal, Guatemala. A canoe bears its passengers (2 humans, 1 iguana, 1 monkey) into the deep black waters of the underworld (Xibalba). In Maya cosmology, as the Milky Way rotates in the night sky it transforms itself from the World Tree (Wacah Chan) into a canoe sinking into the underworld and back again. "Vuelta" is a play on words referring to the rotation of the Milky Way but it also means "to go for a ride."

Painter

Her Burden
Wӓy (I'll Grind Your Bones to Make My Bread)
And Now It Still Murmurs... the First Words
Triste
Nunca Jamas (Viento Fuerte)
Vueltas
Vision Serpent
La Llorona
Sirena I
Sirena II
Vucub Caquix
Visitation (Vision Among Ruins)
Untitled
Kok (Turtle)
Sirena III
Mango
Sirena IV
Cathedral
Sirena V
Arboleda (Green Cathedral)
Sirena VI
Las Tres Hermanas
Roseton
Dragonflies
Bird Lady
La Tatuana
Deep Woods
View From My Window
Calavera Chapina
Las Tres Hermanas II
Sirena VII
Awakening
Ojos Tapados
La Calaca Risueña a la Maruca
La Calaca Verde
Bosque de Verapaz
The Artist