Luis Gonzalez Palma

The arresting work of this Guatemalan photographer recollects portraits of Native Americans that Edward S. Curtis captured during the twilight of their traditional tribal life. But Gonzalez Palma’s portraits of Mayan people in traditional dress only look historical. His keen eye for haunting expressions and arrangements, along with a distinctive Kodalith camera and gold-leaf printing technique, which he follows by embedding the piece in resin, give each of his photographs an ancient appearance. In this exhibit, the “Jerarquias de la Intimidad” (“Hierachies of Intimacy”) series is joined by a light-box installation titled “La Luz de la Mente” (“The Light of the Mind”), which is on view for the first time in the U.S. Featuring eight photographs of sculptures Palma created, which were based on the cloths draping Christ’s body in famous crucifixion paintings, a version of La Luz is also on view at the Latin American Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, which ends this month. 908 46th St. W., Minneapolis; 612-822-1722; www.weinstein-gallery.com