04/09/2013

Travel is Art


London, I have been dreaming of you... Will you wait for me?
You, African and Mexican art on display.

Here is an insight into the Royal Academy's good idea:


Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940

6 July—29 September 2013
In The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House


Diego Rivera, 'Dance in Tehuantepec (Baile in Tehuantepec)', 1928.

In 1910, revolution brought years of instability to Mexico but, in its aftermath, the artistic community flourished under state sponsored programmes designed to promote the ideals of the new regime.
This exhibition brings together work by Mexican artists at the forefront of the artistic movement including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and José Clemente Orozco. Also on display is work by international artists and intellectuals who were drawn to the country by its political aspirations and the opportunities afforded to artists. Among them were Marsden Hartley, Josef Albers, Edward Burra, Paul Strand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Breton and Robert Capa.
'Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940' reveals a cultural renaissance that drew in some of the most seminal figures of the 20th century, all of whom were inspired by the same subject: Mexico.



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