MARCO Presents "Un Siglo de Critica" on Mexican Art

“The Museum of Modern Art’s Collection: A Century of Critic” is the name of the exhibition that will put together 54 pieces created by masters of Mexican visual arts, as announced by Elisa Tellez, show manager of MARCO.

She explained that the display will take viewers to a grand tour on Mexican modern art, which held a critic position since the 1910 Revolution and continued with outstanding exponents during the rest of the 20^th century.

Tellez said that, as result of the revolutionary movement over the last century, Mexico witnessed a rebirth of arts, with critics to social differences, militarism and imperialism.

Mexican muralist movement was born within that atmosphere, with such internationally acclaimed figures as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco, whose works are going to be showcased.

“It’s a display that shows the work done by artists that questioned the country’s social and politic circumstances, from the disillusionment because of unfulfilled promises of revolutionary ideals to the present reality”, Tellez commented. She mentioned some of the most lands scape painters, such as Juan O’Gorman and Jose Chavez Morado, who also reflected certain degree of critic or denounce.

The show will include artworks created by Spanish artists that found shelter in Mexico during the Civil War and whose work was very critical, Antonio Rodriguez Luna, Vicente Rojo or Remedios Varo, just to mention some.

During the second half of the 20^th century, critic artworks tackled new matters, beyond national problems.

That was the case of Manuel Rodriguez Lozano, Guillermo Meza Alvarez, Carlos Merida, Francisco Corzas, Pedro Esqueda, Teresa Margolles and even photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

Tellez pointed out that this exhibition was organized with the collection of Mexico city’s Museum of Modern Art, where it was already showcased, and it will be shown in MARCO, October 11 – February 9, 2014.