Curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill
This new selection of works represents different aspects of MOLAA’s Permanent Collection and focuses on sculpture, drawing, photography and prints, from the 1940s to the present day. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Siqueiros: Sketches for the mural Muerte al invasor (Death to the Invader) and other Studies; Selections from the Mexican School 1945-1950; Highlights of Contemporary Cuban Art and Fluid Sculpture.
The first two sections in the exhibition shed light on important chapters in the history of modern art in Latin America. They examine David Alfaro Siqueiros’ (Mexico, 1896 -1974) studies for murals and other works made during his exile in Chile between 1941 and 1945, to prints produced between the mid 1940s and 1950s by artists from the Escuela Mexicana such as Leopoldo Méndez (Mexico, 1902 – 1969), Pablo O’Higgins (Mexico, 1904 – 1983) and José Clemente Orozco (Mexico, 1883 – 1949). The last two sections are dedicated to contemporary works; one focuses on Cuban artists emerging in the 1980s and 1990s to the present day; and the final section showcases sculptures created from the 1970s to 2009 by masters such as Mathias Goeritz (Germany 1915 – Mexico, 1990) to emerging artists like Darío Escobar (Guatemala, 1971) from diverse regions of Latin America such as Brazil, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
Exbibition View: Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection, MoLAA, 2010
Photo: Jon Endow
