Frida - A Novel By Barbara Mujica
Throughout the novel, we see the forceful character of Frida displaying itself
The largest Frida Kahlo exhibit ever has just ended in Mexico City. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her b...
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Georg Rauch: A Clear View All The Way To The Horizon
After thirty years as an artist in Mexico (and close to 2000 paintings spanning more than fifty years), Georg has been adopted as a "Mexican" artist. Here in central Mexico he found peace.
read moreInner reality: Ary Stillman in Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca worked a miracle on Ary and his painting seemed revitalized. For the next few years, there was an outpouring of fantasies on canvas or paper.
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The vibrant voyages of Mexican artist Hector Ramirez
Drenched in color, the paintings of Chihuahua artist H. Ramírez pulse with energy and emotion. These elements form the core of Ramírez's work; his very brushstrokes are informed by the artist's inner sentiments.
read moreGeorg Rauch: Artist in Mexico gallery
Born in Austria, Rauch survived the horrors of WWII and began painting seriously in Vienna in 1949. Strongly influenced by his fellow Viennese painters Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, h...
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Famous Mexicans on their stamps - Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a talented artist considered by many to be a modern master. She also was a tough lady, fighting physical adversity from early childhood. Her artwork provides a look into her tormented b...
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Mexican muralists: the big three - Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros.
Mexico in 1910 was a country in despair. Foreign domination had been replaced by the tyranny of President Porfirio Diaz. Two-thirds of the people lived in abject poverty and slavery was growing at a fa...
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Francisco Goitia - A Product Of His Times
When we talk of Mexico's great painters, Francisco Goitia isn't the first name that comes to mind. Yet, without a doubt, he is one of last century's great painters. He the spirit of his times and refle...
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Maria Izquierdo - Monumento Artistico De La Nación
On October 25, 2002, one hundred years after her birth , the Mexican painter Maria Izquierdo was declared a Monumento Artistico de la Nación by Mexico City's National Commission for Arts and Culture. ...
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Rufino Tamayo
I've just recently seen the " Tamayo Illustrador" exhibition at the Museo del Periodismo y las Artes Graficas in downtown Guadalajara. Rufino Tamayo is a Mexican icon, and this was one show I did...
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Saturnino Herran: A Bright Light Too Soon Extinguished
At least ten years before the "Big Three" - Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros - came into their own as world-renown muralists, a lone painter was setting the groundwork. His name was Saturnino Herran. He was t...
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Mexican painter Lorena Rodriguez: from the personal to the universal
Lorena Rodríguez is shattering stereotypes about Mexican women one brushstroke at a time. Her multidimensional, female characters inhabit Mexico's contemporary landscape. Her paintings explore the many layers that comprise these women and the society in which they live.
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A family tradition in Michoacan: the pineapple pottery of Hilario Alejos Madrigal
All of my sentiments, all of my imagination are imprinted in a pineapple. It is the way in which I share my imagination with people.
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Casa Santiago: Zapotec rug weavers of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Porfirio Santiago weaving a Zapotec rug in Oaxaca, Mexico Copyright 2007-03-01
Porfirio Santiago is at his loom, diligently weaving a massive 2 x 3 meter rug with traditional designs, f...
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Michoacan's master craftspeople and their arts
Abdon Punzo Angel's thick hands tapped minute details into the menacing snout of the copper dragon that sat immobilized in a vise, its body seeming to squirm. Beside him, another shiny dragon writhed f...
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Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo - Universal artist from Colima
In the half-light I enter the ‘horno’ or oven room. A base of reds frames the pre-Hispanic pieces in the Museum of Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo. It is easy to imagine the fiery origin of the land ...
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Life translated to art: the works of Mexican painter Mara Odette
Even if I see a landscape or a flower or the ocean, I can detect a human feeling, so it reminds me (that) I am human.
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Nature's artist: Mexico's Alan Vazquez
"The topics that I address in my artwork are an SOS to protect our scarce natural resources of today."
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Painting poetry: Mexican artist Veronica Leiton
"I firmly believe that the work should speak for itself. It alone will reflect what one as an artist thinks and feels."
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Living memories: photographs by Mexico's Miguel Angel Martinez
"Contact with nature has always been my primary inspiration. The energy that you receive is powerful, and at the same time, peaceful."
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The Obsidian Butterfly: modern Huichol symbolism
"The Nawatl art is creating archetypes, in the Jungian sense, awakening unconsciously the common roots of the artist and the viewer."
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Accidental Paintings: Photographs by Carol Stein
Here's a most unusual collection of photographs and Mexico Connect is delighted to bring them to you. They are all, despite the title, photos taken in San Miguel de Allende where photographer Carol Stein visited last year. All of them exhibit odd and striking views of the town as well as the unusual abstract approach that Ms. Stein brings to her work.
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Frozen moments: the photos of Mexico's Ricardo Gomez Jimenez
"I like the power to capture the image in that particular moment. It's like if a photo of you was taken, but you were caught in a moment. And then you see the photo and say, 'wow, I don't even recognize myself.'"
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A million meanings: the art of Mexican painter Raul Lopez Garcia
For artist Raúl López García, it is the language of his subconscious that manifests itself in his paintings.
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