MEXICAN FOLK ART IN CONTEXT
Selections from the Vanesian Collection
Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
September 13, 2003 — January 4, 2004
image credit: Balbino Lucano, Water Pitcher, n.d. Painted terracotta, 14 x 6 inches. Courtesy of the collection of Kathleen and Richard Vanesian, Phoenix.
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, September 13, 2003
7- 9 p.m.
Joint reception for multiple exhibitions
Philippe Bradshaw: Chains and Videos
(Opening)
Museum Store Collects (Closing)
Ceramics Faculty Selects: Clay
from the Collection (Closing)
LECTURES
Artist/Educator Kurt Weiser
Friday, September 5
Time and Location TBA
Mexican Folk Art In Context: Selections from
the Vanesian Collection
Selected from more than 300 works collected over more than 25 years, the exhibition
demonstrates ways in which folk artists reflect and comment on both enduring
and changing aspects of their world. Some things remain constant, such as
mythology, but that mythology may take on new meaning in response to the impact
of political, ecological and cultural upheaval. The exhibition places works
of art in the context of the makers' particular worlds as well, with photographic
references gathered by the Vanesians as they collected throughout the Mexican
republic.
Artists in the Exhibition
Folk artists in the exhibition represent the regions of Tlaquepaque, Jalisco;
Metepec, Michoacan; Ochumichu, Michoacan; Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan; Olinalá;
Patamban, Michoacan; Mexico City, D.F.; Barrio de la Luz, Puebla; Metepec,
State of Mexico; Etla, Oaxaca; and Oaxaca City, Oaxaca.
Exhibition Catalogue
A full color catalogue is available for this exhibition. The publication include
essays by
Kathleen Vanesian and a foreward by Marilyn A. Zeitlin. Information regarding
the catalogue can be found on the ASU
Art Museum Publications Page.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Marilyn Zeitlin and John Spiak, MEXICAN FOLK ART IN CONTEXT:
Selections from the Vanesian Collection will be installed in the ASU Art Museum's
Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
MEXICAN FOLK ART IN CONTEXT: Selections from the Vanesian Collection (September
13, 2003 – January 4, 2004) is open at the Nelson Fine Arts Center:
Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.
Support
The exhibition, catalogue and related programs are supported in part by Eddie
Shea, The ASU Art Museum Store and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
ASU Art Museum exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Codex Mendez: Prints by Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969)
Cops and Robbers: Drawings by Lucio Muniain
Fiestas de la Vida
Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival
on the Utopian Island
Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman
Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Craft
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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