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Tehuanas in Mexican Art

December 18, 1992 – March 7, 1993

Jorge González Camarena, El Perico, N.D.

This exhibition depicted how over time, artists from Mexico and abroad have rendered the image of the women from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Consequently, artists who were drawn to this mystical isthmus have transformed the distinct indigenous beauty of the Tehuana into a national symbol of ‘mexicanidad’. The women of Tehuantepec are known for their strong self-determination, political activism, business acumen, and strength of character, as well as for the magnificent clothes and the fashion.

Participating Artists

Lola Álvarez Bravo, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Raúl Anguiano, Lorenzo Becerril, Adolfo Best Maugard, Federico Cantu, Fernando Castro Pacheco, Sotero Constantino Jiménez, Olga Costa, Luis Covarrubias. Miguel Covarrubias, German Cueto, José Chávez Morado, Rafael Doniz, Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, Rafael García, Alberto Garduño, Flor Garduño, German Gedovious. Jorge González Camarena, Francisco Gutiérrez, F. Herle, Graciela Iturbide, Leandro Izaguirre. María Izquierdo, Rina Lazo, Claudio Lazo, Tina Modotti, Roberto Montenegro, Ezequiel Negrete, Luis Nishizawa, Luis Ortiz Monasterio, José Parres Arias, Alfonso X. Pena, Miguel Prieto, Carla Rippey, Antonio Ruiz, Walter Scott, Diego M. Rivera, Antonio Ruiz, Juan Soriano, Rosendo Sotom Rufino Tamaya, Francisco Toledo, Charles B. Waite, Ángel Zamarripa, and Nahum Zanil