Claudia Pena Salinas
b'In the show, Throughline at Bureau, several artists are exhibited and here only Claudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas is interviewed. The text below is an excerpt from the press release on the show.\\nBureau is pleased to announce a group exhibition presenting the work of six artists in various media.\\nJanuary 14 - February 25 2023. Artists Included: Nour Mobarak, Claudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas, Davina Semo, Jeffrey Stuker, Patricia Treib, Viola Ye\\u015filta\\xe7.\\n\\xa0\\nClaudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas mines stories of humanity\\u2019s ultimate dream: that of divine and mythological belief. Taking inspiration from pre-Columbian symbology and architecture, Salinas\\u2019s sculpture and painting here focus on the Mayan temple of Kukulc\\xe1n (El Castillo) at Chichen Itza. For her sculptures she makes minimal frames out of thin brass dowels which she secures by wrapping with hand-dyed thread. At the base of this airy geometric structure sits statuettes of El Castillo\\u2019s related deities Chac Mool, the red Jaguar and Kukulc\\xe1n, each painted with a blue pigment, sacred to the Maya. Her paintings also focus on the iconography and mathematical logic of the temple and its deities. El Castillo was designed to align with the celestial, and on the equinoxes two serpent figures of Kukulk\\xe1n at the base of the pyramid appear to have their long tails running down the side of the pyramid. Grounded upon the earth and aligning with the heavens, the earthly viewer may experience and contemplate the throughlines of impermanent matter and the immaterial.\\n\\n\\nClaudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas El Castillo IV, 2020 Toner and wax on wood panel 20 \\xd7 16 in. (50.80 \\xd7 40.64 cm)\\n\\nClaudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas Chac Mool IV, 2020 Toner and wax on wood panel 20 \\xd7 16 in. (50.80 \\xd7 40.64 cm)\\n\\nClaudia Pe\\xf1a Salinas Ahua Can, 2023 Brass, dyed ceramic, wood and shell found objects and thread, postcard 72 \\xd7 50 \\xd7 25 in. (182.88 \\xd7 127.00 \\xd7 63.50 cm)'