Art of Ancient Mexico

Status: 1992
Location: Hayward Gallery

Client: Southbank Centre
Value: Confidential

 

The exhibition “deals extremely skilfully with the difficult problem of how to present the art of a largely mysterious, geographically and temporally distant network of societies. It is a show with a conscience… Paul Williams’ fine exhibition design is largely responsible for this...”The Independent

 

An exhibition of treasures from the British Museum and National Museum of Mexico displayed the arts of past civilisations including the Aztecs and Mayans, with over 170 sculptures in stone, jade and clay.

Winning the Minerva Environmental Design Award, the dramatic lighting and architectural elements created a strong sense of drama for each object on display.

 

Credits
Graphics: Crispin Rose-Innes Limited
Lighting: John Johnson
Contractor: Cartlon Beck Limited
Photography: Peter Cook