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The Art of the Other Mexico: : Sources and Meanings
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This exhibition was organized by the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum and included the works of twenty contemporary Mexican artists from across the U.S. Over seventy new and recent works of art focusing on the themes of family, land, and afterlife. This milestone exhibit was dedicated to the humanitarian and champion of civil rights, César Chávez.
Participating Artists
Celia Alvarez Múñoz, Judy Baca, Santa Contreras Barraza, Carlos A. Cortez, Nicolás de Jesús, Margaret García, Rupert García, Adán Hernández, Ester Hernández, Luis Jiménez Jr., Carmen Lomas Garza, Frank López Motnyk, César Augusto Martínez, Marcos Raya, Patricia Rodríguez, Peter Rodríguez, Rubén Trejo, John Valadez, Patssi Váldez and David Zamora Casas
Curators
René H. Arceo Frutos, Juana Gúzman, Amalia Mesa-Baines
Organizing Institution
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Displayed at
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Main Gallery and West Wing
Gallery Views
All images below are a glimpse into the exhibition for those who could not attend in person. Photo credit: Kathleen Culbert-Aguilar
Traveling exhibition venues
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Ex Convento de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca. Centro Cultural, Tijuana, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, Museo del Barrio, New York and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Exhibition Highlights
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4 / 7Center three artworks, (L-R): Margaret García, The New Cuktural Blend, 1990-92; César Augusto Martínez , Reinvented Icon: For This Place and Time Quinro sol, 1992; César Augusto Martínez, The Scream in South Texas, 1992. -
5 / 7Visible (L-R): Peter Rodríguez, untitled, 1993; Ester Hernández, LA Ultima Bendicion de soldier Boy, 1991; Ester Hernández, Full Moon, 1990; David Zamora Casas, Altar for My Mother, 1989. -
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