Escultura Social
dal 22/6/2007 al 1/9/2007
Segnalato da
Maria Alos
Carlos Amorales
Julieta Aranda
Gustavo Artigas
Stefan Bruggemann
Miguel Calderon
Fernando Carabajal
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Mario Garcia-Torres
Daniel Guzman
Pablo Helguera
Gabriel Kuri
Dr. Lakra
Los Super Elegantes
Nuevos Ricos
Yoshua Okon
Damian Ortega
Fernando Ortega
Pedro Reyes
Fernando Romero
Julie Rodrigues Widholm
22/6/2007
Escultura Social
Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Chicago
A New Generation of Art from Mexico City. Informed by twentieth-century art historical movements such as conceptualism, "happenings", which are being re-examined not only in Mexico, but worldwide by a younger generation of artists, the works often refers to aspects of popular culture - television, music, advertising, or flea markets - and its history, urban life, and current political issues, but does so in a fresh new way that is not readily identifiable as Mexican.
A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
curated by MCA Assistant Curator Julie Rodrigues Widholm
Over the last ten years, Mexico, and Mexico City in particular, has become a thriving hub of contemporary art activity that has had an international impact. A dynamic young generation of artists has developed a rigorous new vocabulary that embraces non-traditional sculptural materials as well as video, photography, and performance.
Informed by twentieth-century art historical movements such as conceptualism, "actions" or "happenings," which are being re-examined not only in Mexico, but worldwide by a younger generation of artists, the work also refers to aspects of popular culture -- television, music, advertising, or flea markets -- and its history, urban life, and current political issues, but does so in a fresh new way that is not readily identifiable as Mexican.
German performance artist Joseph Beuys's idea of social sculpture, translated into the Spanish escultura social, is used as a multivalent point of reference: the works are all socially engaged, they draw connections between people, animals, and nature, they revisit conceptual practices/actions from the 1960s, and promote a demystified and democratic idea of artmaking. In addition, the circulation and meaning of images, objects, and actions are at the crux of these artists' works and the exhibition provides an opportunity to showcase their recent developments.
It includes site-specific, performative and ephemeral projects in addition to videos, photographs, and installations by several artists, including Maria Alós, Carlos Amorales, Julieta Aranda, Gustavo Artigas, Stefan Bruggemann, Miguel Calderon, Fernando Carabajal, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Mario Garcia-Torres, Daniel Guzman, Pablo Helguera, Gabriel Kuri, Dr. Lakra, Los Super Elegantes, Nuevos Ricos, Yoshua Okon, Damian Ortega, Fernando Ortega, Pedro Reyes, and dynamic young architect Fernando Romero.
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