Rufino Tamayo
dal 8/11/2004 al 20/3/2005
Segnalato da
8/11/2004
Rufino Tamayo
MoLAA - Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Mexico. The artist often advocated the value of acquiring knowledge from unlimited sources so as to develop a personal form of art. Despite Tamayo's profound sympathy for the ideals of the Mexican Revolution, he wanted to achieve something different. He felt that the muralists over-emphasized political and social issues at the expense of artistic quality. Tamayo wanted to create art that was non-utilitarian rather than focused on social realism. As such, he helped pioneer a return to easel painting in Mexico.
Mexico
(1899-1991, Oaxaca, Oaxaca)
Rufino Tamayo was born to merchant parents of Zapotec Indian descent. After some time in Mexico City, he lived in New York for 20 years, absorbing modern European art and the artistic styles that were popular outside of Mexico. He often advocated the value of acquiring knowledge from unlimited sources so as to develop a personal form of art. Despite Tamayo’s profound sympathy for the ideals of the Mexican Revolution, he wanted to achieve something different. He felt that the muralists over-emphasized political and social issues at the expense of artistic quality. Tamayo wanted to create art that was non-utilitarian rather than focused on social realism. As such, he helped pioneer a return to easel painting in Mexico.
Throughout his career, Tamayo explored some of the same issues that preoccupied artists worldwide – texture, color, and composition – yet by abstracting the colors and themes of his native land, he composed works that were simultaneously Mexican and universal. Rufino Tamayo is now widely recognized as one of the most influential painters in Mexico and in Latin America, not only for his art but also for his mentoring of young, promising artists.
Image: Malabarista, 1980
Etching, 20/99, 291/2 x 213/4 in.
MolAA
Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802