Mexican Modernism: Revolution & Reckoning

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Aug 29 2019 - Aug 30 2020


Mexican Modernism: Revolution and Reckoning features a rotation of works representing a pivotal time in Mexico’s history, from the end of the Mexican Revolution to the middle of the 20th century. Over the course of one year, this exhibition will display close to 80 rotating works by well-known artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo as well as other influential artists during this period such as Leopoldo Méndez, María Izquierdo and Raúl Anguiano. These artists committed to progressive social reform and together their work reflects a nation in the midst of dynamic transformation.​ 

Thomas Gilcrease visited Mexico a number of times in the 1940s, purchasing paintings, drawings and prints by a variety of contemporary Mexican artists. More than half a century later, these works in our collection challenge us to consider the role of artists and imagery in shaping public understanding, the enduring legacy of colonialism in the Americas and the search for cultural roots as a means to define national and individual identity.

This fully bilingual exhibition of works is drawn primarily from the Gilcrease collection.


Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

Image: Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, Paisaje, 1942, oil painting


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