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Exhibitions

¡No se olvida! :  Remembering the Tlatelolco Massacre

September 21, 2018 – January 20, 2019

This contemporary exhibition conveys some of the history on the 50th anniversary of the tragic night of Tlatelolco. On the night of October 2, 1968 the Mexican military and police killed around 325 students and civilians, and arrested more than 1300 protestors in Mexico City’s Tlatelolco neighborhood. Only ten days before the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in the same city, the massacre in the Plaza of the Three Cultures was immediately covered up and officially disregarded for decades.

Participating Artists

José Antonio Aguirre, Ricardo Canseco Díaz, Sandra Díaz, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Leopoldo Morales Praxedis, Salvador Pizarro, Ambra Polidori, Esperanza Portilla Zamora, Burro Press, and URTARTE

Curator

Dolores Mercado & Cesáreo Moreno

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

  • An overview shot of the exhibition in a beige gallery room.
    1 / 10Gallery overview.
  • An overview shot of the exhibition in a beige gallery room.
    2 / 10(Visible L-R): Ricardo Canseco Díaz, México de recuerdo , 2018, woodcut; Burro Press, La antorcha del 68, 2018, woodcut; URTARTE, Sin título, 2008-2016, woodcut.
  • Three woodcuts, each depicting a protestor. A sculpture consisting of a pile of skulls to the right.
    3 / 10(Visible L-R): URTARTE, Sin título, 2008-2016; Salvador Pizarro, Ni perdón ni olvido, 2018. Foreground: José Antonio Aguirre, El parteaguas de mi compadre Jelipe, 2018.
  • Side view of the Installation, Something’s missing. Artwork, El parteaguas de mi compadre Jelipe is in the background.
    4 / 10(Visible L-R): Ambra Polidori, Something’s missing, 2018, installation; José Antonio Aguirre, El parteaguas de mi compadre Jelipe, 2018, mixed media on paper and canvas.
  • An illuminated classroom desk faces a painted black wall with three still photo frames hanging on it. Hanging photos depict student protestors.
    5 / 10Ambra Polidori, Something’s Missing, 2018, installation.
  • A pile of skulls sculpture to the left of an infographic explaining the timeline of the Tlatelolco Massacre.
    6 / 10Gallery overview.
  • A Gallery overview facing the right side of the installation.
    7 / 10(Foreground): Ambra Polidori, Something’s missing, 2018, installation. (Background L-R): Ricardo Canseco Díaz, México de recuerdo , 2018, woodcut; Burro Press, La antorcha del 68, 2018, woodcut.
  • Four Art pieces hang on a wall: a woodcut, a drawing with impression of linoleum print, a woodcut, a serigraph.
    8 / 10(Visible L-R): Leopoldo Morales Praxedis, A desalambrar; Leopoldo Morales Praxedis, Libertad de expresión; Sandra Díaz, México creo en tí; Esperanza Portilla Zamora, Muerte de por vida.
  • The collection in the previous image plus, mourning Portrayal by Rodrigo Lara Zendejas.
    9 / 10A Gallery view.
  • A closer view of Mourning Portrayal: A collection of black broken glazed ceramic pieces laid across the wall; shoes and other debris imprinted across them.
    10 / 10Esperanza Portilla Zamora, Muerte de por vida…, serigraph; Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Mourning Portrayal, 2018, glazed ceramics, metal, and wood.

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