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The Interplay of Past and Present. Hélio Oiticica at Museo Jumex

Andrés Reséndiz Rodea

Is it posible for a work of art, dating back 50 years, to offer a contemporary sensory experience with elements of the future? In 1967, perhaps without this being his main goal, Hélio Oiticica (Río de Janerio, 1937-1980) produced a work exploring the possibility of including variable and random stimuli from eras as removed from his as our own. This was made possible by a particular element he introduced in his creative work. We will reflect uopn this in this article. Continuar Leyendo →

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Episodio by Estrella Carmona and 7102 Fantasma Semiótico SCituacionista

María Eugenia Garmendia Carbajal and Edwina Moreno Guerra

Estrella Carmona is one of the artists under consideration within our research project at Cenidiap: ‘Representaciones Apocalípticas, Catastróficas y Silentes en el Arte Pictórico Contemporáneo Mexicano’. We visited two exhibitions of her work: a solo show at Museo de Arte de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, and a collective exhibition at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Continuar Leyendo →

Apocalyptic, catastrophic and silent representations in contemporary Mexican painting

Adriana Zapett, Edwina Moreno y María Eugenia Garmendia

Introduction

One of the modalities of contemporary Mexican painting seems troubling to us, as it displays the self-destructive potential of human beings both individually and collectively, bearing witness to angst and hopelessness. In images of strange beauty, dealing with cruelty and the tearing apart, the injury or mutilation of the body, or perhaps the crumbling down of an imaginary space represented on canvas, the painter transforms the death drive into figurability. (1) Continuar Leyendo →

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Conference on the Aesthetics of Science Fiction

Carlos Guevara Meza

Read at Aula Magna, Cenart, Mexico City, on November 23, 2017.

Good morning.

On behalf of the National Center for Research, Documentation and Information on the Visual Arts, I warmly welcome you to this Conference on the Aesthetics of Science Fiction, whose purpose it is to think in earnest the depths of something which, regrettably in my opinion, is regarded by many (and even if it were by just one it would still be too much) as mere entertainment, both ordinary and superficial, except for a handful of established masterworks. Continuar Leyendo →

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RESISTING FOR LIFE

Alberto Híjar Serrano

If Felipe Ehrenberg (1943-2017) were still here, we would have discussed the gatherong resistance against the State’s so-called “historical truth” about Ayotzinapa, through slogans, texts, and graphic art, constantly moving not only in Mexico and the United States, but in Europe and other far-off places. The rural and popular roots of the Ayotzinapa relatives meet libertarian intelectual lucidity, bringing about a high-impact knowledge all over the world, against the systemic corruption of late capitalism. Continuar Leyendo →

RECIBE HOMENAJE ARTISTA PLÁSTICO ARTURO GARCÍA BUSTOS

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AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

Alberto Híjar Serrano

Arturo García Bustos died of a heart attack while an exhibition of his and Rina Lazo’s work -organized by Dina Comisarenco- was still open to the public at the library of Universidad Iberoamericana. The beloved maestro passed away at the Red House in Coyoacán; some people call it the House of Malinche, but I prefer the former name, with its association with the color that identifies all communists. Continuar Leyendo →

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Boltanski. Un pueblo de fantasmas

Marie-Christine Camus

This text was read at a round table, “Incomplete traces. Identity, memory and oblivion”, on May 24, 2016, as a parallel activity to the exhibition Animitas. Christian Boltanski, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, January 21 – June 5, 2016.
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Exhibition Morphologies. Fine Arts Palace Museum: 1934-2014

Ana Garduño

Curatorial policy at what is today known as the Fine Arts Palace Museum has always been particularly notorious when it comes to the visual arts; this is due in large measure to its status as an official art gallery. Its exhibitions have had greater cultural significance, not only in its natural area of influence, Mexico City, but also in the interior of the country. Historiographically, the success of its montages, especially those that received positive evaluations by both specialists and the general public, have even radiated over cultural capitals with a certain museistic power, above all in Latin America. Continuar Leyendo →

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Galeano

Alberto Híjar Serrano

Open Veins of Latin America rightly replaced those linear-history manuals, centered on Nation-State building and with only veiled references to colonial and imperial outrages. Official texts never mention guerrillas and bandits: they are the dirty war, a side chapter beyond presidents and laws. Continuar Leyendo →

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The Interplay of Past and Present. Hélio Oiticica at Museo Jumex

Episodio by Estrella Carmona and 7102 Fantasma Semiótico SCituacionista

Apocalyptic, catastrophic and silent representations in contemporary Mexican painting

Conference on the Aesthetics of Science Fiction

RESISTING FOR LIFE

AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

Boltanski. Un pueblo de fantasmas

Exhibition Morphologies. Fine Arts Palace Museum: 1934-2014

Galeano