Guatemalan art

[1]  Historically, art in Guatemala has combined the mythological heritage of the Indigenous Maya people with the country's politics.

[1]  Artists such as Andrés Currichich and Erick Unen depict scenes of Guatemalans conducting everyday tasks, such as shopping at a local marketplace, weaving in living rooms, or cooking meals in the kitchen.

[2] As opposed to Guatemalan paintings, murals are more often designed for aesthetic appeal and social commentary, rather than as a medium to communicate history.

[2]  Many of Recinos' censored murals depict civilians being silenced, and killed in some instances, by the government during the Guatemalan Civil War.

[3]  Architectural styles in Guatemala vary widely, however, ranging from the 1978 open-air theatre and brutalist designs of the Miguel Angel Asturias Cultural Center[7] to the fourth-century Mayan pyramids of Tikal.

[9] Many of these woven garments are made with dyed cotton, with some textiles incorporating silver-plated synthetic threads through embroidery.

[9] Since the sixteenth century, huipiles and other woven pieces of Mayan dress have featured the signs of the K'iche lords from the Popol Wuj.