Categoría: Graphics
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Foro México 68
Carlos Guevara Meza This text was read at the openning sesión of the forum México 68. A Cincuenta Años, at Aula Magna José Vasconcelos, Centro Nacional de las Artes, on October 4, 2018.
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TO PUBLIC OPINION
The Academic Council of the Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información de Artes Plásticas (Cenidiap), of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), hereby expresses its concern regarding the works being carried out at the building once occupied by the former Secretaría de Comunicaciones, Transportes y Obras Públicas, (SCOP), in Eje Central…
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La Esmeralda in the Student Movement of 68
Leticia Galaviz and José Serrato Those of us who enrolled in 1965 in Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura (ENPE) “La Esmeralda” were a young, restless group. Many came from provincial cities in Mexico, some came from abroad. We all had great expectations for our education at this national school.
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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…
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Carlos Amorales at MUAC: Axioms for Action (1996-2018)
Edwina Moreno Guerra It is remarkable for a young Mexican artist like Carlos Amorales (Mexico City, 1970) to exhibit at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC). Havig lived and trained in Europe (1990-2004), he returned to Mexico as an established artist. This exhibition showcases pieces from different and even disparate genres. The effort invested…
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An approach to Neuroesthetics: Artistic Creation and Expression
Blanca Estela Lamadrid Palomares Why is it said that art creation and appreciation are produced in the brain? In the last decade, more information has been gathered about the brain than in all the preceding history of scientific research on its functioning. Interest in the research of art and the neuronal connections required…
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The Oscillation of Time
María Eugenia Garmendia Carbajal It was just after sunrise… the clock read 7:19 when an earthquake shook Mexico City on September 19, 1985. It took just two minutes for it to destroy several buildings, taking the lives of thousands of people residing or working in the Cuauhtémoc, Venustiano Carranza, Benito Juárez, Gustavo A.…
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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…
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Inaugural Session of the VII Conference on Research and Documentation in the Visual Arts
Carlos Guevara Meza Read at Aula Magna, Cenart, Mexico City, October 18, 2017 Good morning. On behalf of the National Center for Research, Documentation and Information on the Visual Arts (Cenidiap) it is an honor to welcome you to this VII Conference on Research and Documentation in the Visual…
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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…
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El Corcito. A critical and multidisciplinary artist
Guillermina Guadarrama Peña Art, for those who make it, is not a pleasure, it is a hard toil involving sacrifices and great discipline. The enjoyment of art is for the peope or the audience, who even though cannot make it, loves it, understands it and desires it. The phenomenon has been produced, and…
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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…
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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…
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Rediscovering Mural Paintings: Works for Children by Carlos Mérida and Emilio Amero
Guillermina Guadarrama Peña In August, 2016, restorers from Centro Nacional de Conservación y Registro del Patrimonio Artístico Mueble, INBA (CNCRPAM) , began preservation work on the mural paintings located at what is today the Belisario Domínguez grammar school, in Colonia Guerrero, Mexico City. The hallway, the corridors on both floors and some classrooms…
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Siqueiros’ Three Names
Guillermina Guadarrama Peña David Alfaro Siqueiros’ actual name was José de Jesús David.[1] This wasn’t unusual in the 19th century; children were given more than two names, even up to six or seven. He was baptized in the church of San José, on January 11, 1897, near the home adress on his certificate…