New Life for Maya Hieroglyphs
Talk and exhibition by Frida Larios
Private view on Thursday 8 March at 18.30
Exhibition open from 9 March - 13 April 2007 (further dates added)
By appointment only
Embassy of El Salvador
8 Dorset Square London NW1 6PU

The native Mayas lived in the Central American region from around 2000 BC. Their culture is one of the founding civilizations of the world in which artists were regarded as wise men and this artwork by Frida Larios is a celebration of the Mayan hieroglyphic language.

The exhibition shows a wood carved mural and posters that narrate the story behind a Salvadorean archaeological site through life size, hand-painted 'New Maya Hieroglyphs'. The style and composition of the new logograms is rooted in the original Mayan script and the aim is to bring them to life through contemporary visual communications, thus enabling them to be accessed by different audiences such as illiterate people, the visually-impaired and children.

You can visit these links for more information:
La Prensa Gráfica 'Nuevos Jeroglíficos Mayas en Londres'
Icograda's 'Calendar'
University of the Arts London 'e-briefing'

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To attend the exhibition you can email to frida@ideas-frescas.com