Opening of exhibitions by Edgar Calel and Lin May Saeed.

We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening on Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 PM!

EDGAR CALEL (*1987) is a Guatemalan artist whose work explores agricultural traditions and rituals, as well as the protection of nature in his homeland. He has close family ties to Indigenous Maya culture and is deeply interested in Maya cosmovision — a worldview that sees life as a spiritual and interconnected relationship between people, the land, ancestors, and nature.

He critically examines today’s plantations in Guatemala and their monocultures that are usually exported, along with the unfair working conditions they often create. At the same time, he shows how Indigenous communities resist the exploitation of their land and continue to fight for their rights and the protection of natural resources.

German Iraqi artist LIN MAY SAEED (1973–2023) explored the relationship between humans and animals in her work and questioned the hierarchies between them.

In her drawings and sculptures, animals are not relegated to play a symbolic or decorative role but become active protagonists. In this way, Saeed envisioned a coexistence between human and non-human beings characterized by solidarity and care.

6:00 p.m. – Doors open
6:30 p.m. – Welcome by director iLiana Fokianaki