Mexico Art Mexican art should be examined in a broader context of the Latin American art. It’s not only about the same language, traditions or religion shared by almost all Latin American countries, but because of their similar artistic influences and tendencies. We could freely say that Mexico has the most recognized art scene of…
Mexico Art The Spirited Folk Arts of Mexico Mexican folk art has a long and rich history. Around 1500 BCE, great civilizations began to form. For over 3,000 years, the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacán, Toltec, and Aztec ruled over the lands and peoples of what is now Mexico. Craft production such as weaving, wood carving, and…
Mexico Art 1. ALEJANDRO FOURNIER Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fournier first began practicing art in 1997. His work ranges across photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, sound, and public art. Many of Fournier’s projects are born from his observations and interactions with closed communities and groups in Mexico; from tea Mennonite communities in the state…
Mexico Art A sprawling metropolis of over 20 million, Mexico City can be an overwhelming place to visit, particularly when taking into account the myriad museums, archeological sites, artisans, and restaurants it has to offer. With art-world heavy hitters descending on the Mexican capital for the 16th edition of Zona MACO art fair, which takes…
Mexico Art Mexican art and Mexican American art often have treated each other more like strangers or distant cousins than like the fraternal twins they really are. In the United States, apart from in California and the Southwest, many museums and art professionals until relatively recently tended to isolate or ignore Mexico’s contributions to global…
Mexico Art From 1910, the Mexican Revolution engendered a cultural renaissance. to look within in search of a specifically Mexican artistic language. This visual vocabulary was designed to transcend the realm of the arts and give a national identity to this population in transition. We take a closer look at the works produced during this…
Mexico Art Pre-Columbian art Mexico attracts crowds for its remains inherited from pre-Columbian civilizations, that is to say, prior to the discovery of the continent by Christopher Columbus in 1492. The Mayan and Aztec stone sculptures evoke civilizations that remain shrouded in mystery. The beginning of the recognition of a pre-Hispanic art is marked by…
Mexico Art the national museum of mexican art (National Museum of Mexican Art ; formerly known as the Central Museum of Mexican Fine Arts) is a museum located in the Mexican district of Pilsen at Chicagoin L’Illinois. It features art Mexican, latin and information about Chicano culture (Mexican-Americans). The museum is considered the largest Latino…
Mexico Art This last part is declined in a photo exhibition of the artist photographer CAP Gomez Garrido Ricardo which gives to see a series of very beautiful photos hung on the picture rails of the hall of the room Ibn-Zeydoun and this, until October 4th. Placed under the theme A view from the heights,…
Mexico Art Mexico’s 10 Most Iconic Artists Jose Clemente Orozco | © Armando Aguayo Rivera/Flickr When you think art, do you think Mexico? If not, you really should. This vast country has been the birth or workplace of hundreds of great artists; from sculptors and tattooists to the many, many muralists that have decorated government…