Mexico: FEMSA collection arrives in León,Guanajuato

Ana María Aray Mariño November 15, 2018

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Latin American art arrives at the Museum of Art and History reflecting on the future of humanity

Mexico: The FEMSA collection arrives in León, Guanajuato

Until the 20th of January next year, in the framework of the 46th edition of the International Cervantino Festival, the exhibition "Temporalidades – Arte Internacional – Colección FEMSA" will be presented. With the Mexican Economic Development, it will be developed in the Museum of Art and History of Guanajuato located in the city of León.

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The exhibition is an invitation to the exploration of modernity and reflection on the future, those who visit it will be able to observe works that express the questions that human memory has left over the years and one of the great concerns of humanity: the future.

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The exhibition offers an artistic journey from the twentieth century with the project of modernity and the commitment to prosperity to the problems that society is currently facing. Some of the collected works belong to:

• Liliana Porter

• Manuel Álvarez Bravo

• Gabriel Kuri

• Donna Conlon

• Dario Escobar

Among others.

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In the words of Rosa María Rodríguez, manager of the FEMSA Cultural Program, the gallery is divided IGNORE INTO two nuclei that house the exhibition: The first is called "Conditioners of modernity" which aims to show the way in which the body, the image, memory, and language were conceptualized in the twentieth century.

While the second "Contemporary Heterogeneities" directs the viewer's gaze to their environment, seeking to achieve a reflection on daily life and the challenges facing society. In these two nuclei, the assistant will be able to approach the thought, projections and contradictions related to the memory and the current idea of the society that was living the 20th century and now the 21st century.

FEMSA has more than 125 years of history in which it has also promoted a great diversity of initiatives that focus on the social and environmental economic development of the communities where it is present.

The collection was founded in 1977 and currently has more than one thousand two hundred works of modern and contemporary Latin American art. Artistic techniques such as sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, installation, and graphics are of the disciplines that make up this exhibition that includes works developed in the XX and XXI century.

This type of exhibitions can not only be seen in Mexico since they are also taken to other countries in Latin America with the aim of promoting education through artistic and cultural events.

The Cervantino International Festival is one of the most significant cultural and artistic activities in Mexico and Latin America, it occupies a special place among the four most important festivals of its kind worldwide. Music, opera, theater, dance, plastic arts, literature and audiovisual media are some of the artistic specialties that can be appreciated once again in this event.

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