Stephen Burt displays drawing in Popul Vuh exhibition

Stephen Burt, BFA, MFA, chair and associate professor in the Department of Arts and Communications, created a drawing titled “The Shooting of Seven Macaw by Hunahpul and Xbalanque,” which has been accepted into the exhibition “An Illustrated Popol Vuh” at McNeese University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.  The exhibit will run from October 10 through November 8, 2013.

The Popol Vuh is a 16th century account of creation mythology composed by the K’iche’ Maya of the Guatemalan highlands.  Like other mythologies, the stories describe the actions of the deities and the creation of the world and human beings.  The exhibit seeks to illustrate the mythology collection by displaying works by contemporary artists that either literally or conceptually illustrate aspects of the stories.  Displayed in narrative fashion, the works, of various media-types, wrap around the gallery space in an attempt to express the story in a visual fashion.
 

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