
Unknown artist
Calavera Zapatista, about 1911
Zinc etching, sheet: 34,5 x 23 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich
16 março - 20 maio 2012
Kunsthaus Zürich

José Guadalupe Posada
Gran Panteón de Calaveras, 1890-1913
Zinc etching, sheet: 23 x 34,5 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich
México ocupa uma posição especial na arte internacional dos últimos 100 anos, essencialmente caracterizada por uma mistura de atualidade e compromisso com a identidade cultural da nação.
Mexico occupies a special position in the international art of the last 100 years, one essentially characterized by a mixture of topicality and engagement with the nation’s cultural identity.

Francis Alÿs
Sleepers II, 2000
80 diapositives, Kodak Ektapro Diamagazine 80
Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, Gruppe Junge Kunst © Francis Alÿs
Esta exposição apresenta representações figurativas de artistas que lidam com os extremos de seu tempo no México e descrevem as relações sociais e as adversidades.
This exhibition presents figurative representations by artists who deal with the extremes of their time in Mexico and depict social relationships and adversities.

Raúl Anguiano
Los Ajusticiados, 1940
Lithography, sheet: 24,8 x 31,2
Kunsthaus Zürich
© 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Ela começa com gravuras de José Guadalupe Posada (cerca de 1852-1913), um dos artistas mais importantes do século 19, no México.
It begins with graphic plates by José Guadalupe Posada (around 1852 – 1913), one of the most important artists in 19th-century Mexico.

Francis Alÿs
Two Sisters, 1999-2002
Mixed media, wax on canvas on wood, 2 panels, each 40,5 x 51 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich © Francis Alÿs
Suas obras estão justapostas com as de artistas contemporâneos, tais como Carlos Amorales (* 1970), Teresa Margolles (* 1963) e Francis Alys (* 1959), que abordam temas semelhantes de Posada.
His works are juxtaposed with those of contemporary figures such as Carlos Amorales (*1970), Teresa Margolles (*1963) and Francis Alÿs (*1959), who address similar topics to Posada.

Carlos Amorales
From The Bad Sleep Well #11, 2004
Oil on canvas, 150 x 200 x 2 cm
Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich © Carlos Amorales
Para todos eles, a preocupação central são os momentos da vida e da morte que se relacionam com a história mexicana e são realizados sob a forma de paisagens sociais e políticas.
For all of them, the central concern is moments of life and death that relate to Mexican history and are realized in the form of social and political landscapes.

Elizabeth Catlett
Niño papelero, 1962
Lithography, sheet: 26 x 16 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich © 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich

Andrea Gomez
Rebellión de una Madre contra la Guerra, 1952
Linocut, sheet: 40,6 x 32,5 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich © Andrea Gomez

Leopoldo Méndez
Homenaje a José Guadalupe Posada, 1953
Linocut, sheet: 35,5 x 78,5 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich © 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich

Fanny Rabel (Rabinowitch)
Noche de difuntos Chicos, 1953
Linocut, sheet: 54 x 44,5 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich, © The Estate of Fanny Rabel
Alfredo Zalce
La Recolución y los Estrategas, (from the map: Estampas de la Recolución Mexicana, sheet Nr. 23, Taller), 1942
Linocut, sheet: 22 x 30,2 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich The Estate of Alfredo Zalce
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