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Those are the things,%u201d she laughs, %u201cthat you never hear about.%u201dOne of the most striking pieces in the exhibition, is an aerial view of Aswan. Working from memory, Martyl represented the natural pyramid rock formations that seem to arise from nowhere in the desert, and whose connection to man-made pyramids has yet to be fully explored.%u201cIt really looks like an abstraction,%u201d says the artist.So do her paintings of the false doors used by the Egyptians to divert people from finding tombs %u2014 all modem lines and ancient intrigue. As we walk through the exhibit, she asks, %u201cDoesn%u2019t it look modem to you?%u201dAlthough she read extensively to prepare for the trip, nothing prepared her for either the %u201cawesomeness of Egypt,%u201d or the %u201csweetness%u201d of its people. Confronting Egypt as an artist meant unlearning what she had been taught as a student.%u201cThe rubbish that was taught about Egyptian art when I was in college was terrible,%u201d she says. %u201cSome 19th Century scholars decided there was a frontality to the art, and that Egyptian artists were limited in what they could do. That%u2019s just crazy. They could do anything they wanted %u2014 anytime. Their stylization had to do with the architecture. They did certain things to conform to the structure of a building.%u201d%u201cI was just inspired by the artistry,%u201d she says recalling her first two weeks in Luxor, %u201cto think that millions of people go to Egypt each year. Guess what they go for? To see what the artists did. It was all done by a group of artists. We couldn%u2019t do that, no m atter what. And we think we%u2019re so clever.%u201d%u201cThe Egyptians were more fundamental,%u201d she says, comparing them to the ancient Greeks. %u201cThe people were a function of a cycle of the earth,%u201d she explains, %u201cin the way they made thepyramids, and the whole idea of the sun and how they oriented toward the sun.%u201dAlthough she has no immediate plans for another series of site drawings, one senses that Martyl won%u2019t be Chicago-bound for long. %u201cI%u2019ll go where I%u2019m asked,%u201d she says. %u201cI%u2019d go back in a hurry.%u201dSITE DRAWINGS BY MARTYL: The Precinct of Mat at Luxor. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, through July 21.Martyl at work in the M ut Tem ple.(M cKercher/Brooklyn M useum Photo)Explore More 'New Territory' in ArtBACA Downtown will open an exhibition of recent works by Chris Chevins, Alain Masson, Chris Piazza and Ray Rapp on June 6. The exhibit is the second part of the %u201cNew Territory%u201d series, which features new works by visual artists.Chris Chevins is a painter whose work describes the collision of the rational world and the irrational world, using historical methods such as deep space, traditional perspective, glazing and alia prima paint. He recently exhibited at Jus de Pomme Gallery, Paulo Salvador Gallery, and Longwood Arts Project, in New York. Masson%u2019s paintings tend to document street life, parades, couples in restaurants. His upcoming exhibitions include the Festival de reniure, Aix-en-Provence, France, anu Liie Simon Cerego Gallery, New York.Chris Piazza will show a new mixed media work entitled %u201cCreek Charlie Fields,\painted house and suit of clothes. Piazzawill also exhibit mixed media boxes and two puppets, %u201cEl Maestro%u201d and %u201cPero.%u201d She has exhibited in New York at the Allan Stone Gallery, Civilian Warfare, The New Museum of Contemporary Art benefit, and Park Avenue Atrium, and is currently collaborating with Jim Jennings on a narrative film, %u201cNuke Brink.%u201d Ray Rapp will exhibit %u201cThe Spectator Series,%u201d five paper wall relief constructions and a painted wood sculpture. He will also show his site-specific installation in the BACA Downtown Lobby, %u201cHeads I Win, Tails You Lose.%u201d Rapp recently exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum%u2019s %u201cWorking in Brooklyn: Sculpture %u201985,%u201d at the Phoenix City Gallery and Public Image Gallery.There wiii be a reception for me snow from 6-8pm, at the gallery, 111 Willoughby Avenue. The show will run through June 28, Tuesday-Thursday, l-6pm; Friday and Saturday, l-10pm. For further information, call 596-2222.Page 10, THE PH OENIX, May 29, 1986