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Exhibitions

Nahui Olin: :  A Woman Beyond Time

June 22 – September 2, 2007
(Detail) Nahui Olin, El carrusel (Carousel), oil on cardboard, Private Collection

Nahui Olin (1893-1978) was a woman of great intellectual and creative capacity. She quickly became a prominent figure at a time when Mexico was headed towards Modernism. This exhibition helped shed light on how this one woman opened the road to freedom for other female artists who walked freely and with great dignity through the cultural scene of 20th century Mexico.

Participating Artists

Nahui Olin

Curator

Tomás Zurián assisted by Dolores Mercado

Organizing Institution

National Museum of Mexican Art

Displayed at

National Museum of Mexican Art Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery

Gallery Views

All images below are a glimpse into the exhibition for those who could not attend in person. Photo credit: Michael Tropea

Exhibition Highlights

  • Image of gallery wall with exhibit description cut off on left side and three paintings to the right
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  • Image of two gallery walls with ten pieces of artwork and gallery description visible
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  • Wide angle of several gallery walls with many pieces of art visible
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  • Image of three gallery walls and podium with glass case in the center of the room
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  • Gallery image of glass-encased art on podium in center of room and two gallery walls
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  • Image of two gallery walls with three pieces of art
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  • Image of gallery wall with cluster of twelve drawings
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  • Image of gallery wall with four paintings
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  • Wide angle of multiple gallery walls
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  • Image of three gallery walls
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Additional Exhibition Highlights

  • colorful painting of a carnival featuring a blue carousel full of people and surrounded by a crowd
    1 / 10Nahui Olin, El carrusel (Carousel), oil on cardboard, Private Collection
  • colorful painting of circus performers, including a clown, female dancers, and animals in costume
    2 / 10Nahui Olin, Escena circense (Circus Scene), oil on cardboard, Private Collection
  • Olin N Nahui Olin Y Matias Santoyo
    3 / 10Nahui Olin, Nahui Olin y Matías Santoyo, oil on cardboard, Anna Siegel Collection
  • painting of bull fighters performing to a crowd
    4 / 10Nahui Olin, Corrida de toros (Bullfighter), oil on cardboard, Private Collection
  • Painting of artist naked lying horizontally in naked man's arms with a view of New York City landscape
    5 / 10Nahui Olin, Nahui Olin y Lizardo, oil on cardboard, Museo de Arte Moderno Collection
  • rough sketch of a man with glasses from the shoulders up looking to the left over his shoulder
    6 / 10Nahui Olin, Retrato de Jean Charlot (Portrait of Jean Charlot), graphite on paper, Tomás Zurián Collection
  • cover art shows a woman looking straight at the viewer with big green eyes, pink skin, red lipstick, and blonde hair. Underneath the image is the title and author of the book
    7 / 10Nahui Olin, Óptica cerebral, poemas dinámicos, 1922, book cover, Ediciones México Moderno, Tomás Zurián Collection
  • rough sketch of a man’s head. He looks straight at the viewer with an intense expression
    8 / 10Nahui Olin, Retrato del Dr. Atl (Portrait of Dr. Atl), graphite and charcoal on paper, Tomás Zurián Collection
  • portrait of a man from the shoulders up with an enlarged head and closed eyes. Man has black hair, thick eyebrows, a mustache, long eyelashes, and wears a uniform
    9 / 10Nahui Olin, Retrato de su padre, General Manuel Mondragón (Portrait of the Artist’s Father, General Manuel Mondragón), oil on cardboard, Tomás Zurián Collection
  • painting from above of a stadium filled with people and a bull with bullfighters in the center
    10 / 10Nahui Oliln, Nahui Olin en una corrida de torros (Nahui Olin at a Bullfight), oil on wood, Acervo Museo Estudio Diego Rivera, INBA Collection

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