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Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
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On view Sunday, June 20 - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building
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Alejandro Xul Solar, Jefa (Patroness), 1923, 2005.343
MFAH purchase with funds provided by the Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
© Fundación Pan Klub, Museo Xul Solar, Buenos Aires
Stop, Look, and Listen!
Antenna Audio Tour available in English and Spanish.
Inverted Utopias is the first large-scale exhibition devoted to the emergence and development of avant-garde art in Latin America from 1920 to 1970. During this dynamic period, artists from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean carried on an extensive dialogue with the prevailing currents of European and North American Modernism. The result was a profound assimilation and a simultaneous inversion of the tenets of Old World movements into innovative and radical artistic proposals.
This major exhibition brings into focus, for the first time in the United States, more than 250 works by nearly 70 artists and artists´ groups from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. On view, in every gallery of the Caroline Wiess Law Building, are outstanding examples of painting, sculpture, assemblage, mixed-media works, and installations. These works are shown with printed materials that complement the avant-garde manifestations of the artists and groups represented.
Inverted Utopias focuses on two decisive periods: the return from Europe in the 1920s of those artists considered pioneers of the Latin American avant-garde; and the post-World War II years, when avant-garde activities expanded throughout Latin America and artists expressed their independence from developments in Europe and the United States. During both periods, Latin American art was fueled by the belief that art could present a form of utopia and serve as a model for a new society.
The exhibition is organized according to six "constellations," or networks, that highlight ideological, formal, or thematic features of the New World avant-garde. Each constellation embraces a diversity of works by artists of different periods and geographic locales. Many of these extraordinary artworks have never been exhibited before in the United States.
Inverted Utopias is the first international loan exhibition organized by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the MFAH. The ICAA was established in 2001 with the mission of becoming the primary gateway into the United States for Latin American art and artists. The center highlights the work of Latin American and Latino artists through exhibitions, publications, lectures, and symposia.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Generous funding is provided by:
Continental Airlines
The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
Altria Group, Inc.
Rockwell Fund
Deloitte & Touche
Goldman Sachs & Co.
The Boeing Company
CITGO
Samuel F. Gorman
The Corporate Partners of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The exhibition symposium receives generous funding from Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Christie´s.
Education programs for Inverted Utopias receive generous support from the Favrot Fund.
Related Events:
A 5-Part Lecture Series Related to the Exhibition Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 6:00 PM
Friday, July 9, 2004 1:30 PM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:00 PM
Friday, July 16, 2004 1:30 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:00 PM
Friday, July 23, 2004 1:30 PM
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 6:00 PM
Friday, August 6, 2004 1:30 PM
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:00 PM
Friday, August 13, 2004 1:30 PM
Artful Thursday
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:00 PM
Thursday, August 12, 2004 6:00 PM
Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:00 PM
Creation Station: Inverted Utopias: Gego—Wire
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, June 27, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Creation Station: Inverted Utopias: Tall Box Construction
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Creation Station: Inverted Utopias: Xul Solar—Watercolor
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Creation Station: Monsters
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Creation Station: Painted Box Constructions
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Creation Station: Samba!
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, August 8, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Creation Station: Totems
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Creation Station: Wire Sculpture
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, July 11, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Drop-in Tour: Inverted Utopias: The Latin American Avant-Garde
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, July 2, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, July 9, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, July 16, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, July 23, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 24, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, July 30, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Family Day: Inverted Utopias
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Family Fiesta
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Inverted Utopias: The Symposium
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, June 19, 2004 9:30 AM
Members Daytime Preview: Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:00 AM
Patrons-Plus Members Preview Party: Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, June 18, 2004 6:00 PM
Teacher Summer Seminar: Latin American Art 101 (SEMINAR FILLED)
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Monday, July 19, 2004 -
Friday, July 23, 2004
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