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Unique Destinations in a Voyage of Art at the loweart museum in miami
Mexico’s top
destinations embodied at the exhibition Las Artes de Mexico in Miami.
Miami, FL; January 22nd, 2009- The Mexico Tourism Board and the Consulate General of Mexico join
forces with the University of Miami’s LoweArt Museum to present Las Artes de
Mexico, from the Collection of the GilcreaseMuseum.
This traveling exhibit, which celebrates
the rich and diverse artistic traditions of Mexico, willbe open to the
public from January 31st to April 5th, 2009. The exhibit takes a closer
look at over 3,500 years of art and culture, from the ancient Mayans and Aztec
worlds of to the 20th Century works of Miguel Covarrubias and Diego Rivera. The
exhibit is part of a national tour that takes place over a three and a half
year period and includes pottery, paintings, folk art, and prints.
Las Artes de Mexico explores the Mexican ritual traditions with artifacts from over a dozen
Pre-Columbian cultures. Olmec, Mayan, and Toltec sculpture
reveal scenes from an often-mysterious past. The arts of ancient Mexico
demonstrate a unique view of the world, notably captured in the ceramic effigy
traditions of Nayarit, Jalisco, and Colima. Another important aspect
of the exhibition is the Spanish influence portrait through the Colonial and
religious art so distinctive in the beautiful colonial cities of Mexico
such as Queretaro, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas or Guanajuato, just to
name a few. The popular art is as well represented in the colorful costumes and
glittering fabrics displayed to demonstrate the folk celebrations. Festivals
and dances are also examined through a collection of colorful dance masks from
the folk artists of Guerrero.
To conclude this comprehensive trip,
Las Artes de Mexico examines both painting and works on paper during the
development of the modern Mexican state. The exhibition includes a number of
works by Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, among the most influential of
20th Century Mexican artists.
Las Artes de Mexico offers a broad tour through the amazing destinations in Mexico, an exhibit that excites the mind and
awakens the desire of getting to know Mexico and visit its marvelous
destinations that originally launched such a unique and complex art.
This exhibition is an example of the
diversity and richness of a country that has such a variety of destinations,
landscapes, architecture, art and attractions for the people to visit. The
variety and complexity within Mexico
is one of its mayor’s attributes.
About the Mexico Tourism Board
The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB)
brings together the resources of federal and state governments, municipalities
and private companies to promote Mexico’s tourism attractions
and destinations internationally. Created in 1999, the MTB is Mexico’s
tourism promotion agency, and its participants include
members of both the private and
public sectors. The MTB has offices throughout
North America, Europe, Japan and Latin America. For more information on
destinations and online trip bookings please go towww.visitmexico.com.
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