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North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection
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On view through September 27, 2009 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building
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Gyula Kosice, La Ciudad Hidroespacial, 1946—72
MFAH purchase with funds provided by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
© Gyula Kosice
North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection celebrates the museum´s major Latin American art acquisitions since 2001, with more than 80 works in every medium, ranging in date from the 1920s to the present. North Looks South is organized around unexpected juxtapositions between artists and works from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Featured artists include Gego, Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Roberto Obregón (Venezuela); Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Alfredo Volpi, Franz Weissman, Waldemar Cordeiro and Luis Sacilotto (Brazil); Xul Solar, Antonio Berni, Marta Boto, Carmelo Sobrino, Miguel Angel Ríos and Juan Carlos Distéfano (Argentina); Roberto Matta and Alfredo Jaar (Chile); David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo, Gabriel de la Mora and Teresa Margolles (Mexico); Julio Alpuy, José Gurvich and Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguay); and Beatriz González and Oscar Muñoz (Colombia). On view in Upper Brown Pavilion of the Caroline Wiess Law Building, the exhibition is organized by Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art at the MFAH; and Gilbert Vicario, MFAH Assistant Curator, Latin American Art.
This exhibition is organized by the MFAH.
Generous funding is provided by:
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Mrs. Linnet F. Deily
The Margaret Cooke Skidmore Endowed Exhibition Fund
John L. Wortham & Son, L.P.
Leslie and Brad Bucher
Macy´s Foundation
Mr. Samuel F. Gorman
Related Events:
Art Crowd Member Event: An END-Summer Night´s Party
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, August 28, 2009 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Gallery Talk: North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection (45 min.)
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Thursday, July 2, 2009 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:00 PM
Gallery Talk: North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection (45 min.)
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, August 1, 2009 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 8, 2009 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 15, 2009 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:00 PM
Friday, September 4, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, September 11, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, September 18, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, September 25, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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