Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection
July 15, 2010 – January 9, 2011
This new selection of works represents different aspects of MOLAA’s Permanent Collection and focuses on sculpture, drawing, photography and prints, from the 1940s to the present day. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Siqueiros: Sketches for the mural Muerte al invasor (Death to the Invader) and other Studies; Selections from the Mexican School 1945-1950; Highlights of Contemporary Cuban Art and Fluid Sculpture.
The first two sections in the exhibition shed light on important chapters in the history of modern art in Latin America. They examine David Alfaro Siqueiros’ (Mexico, 1896 -1974) studies for murals and other works made during his exile in Chile between 1941 and 1945, to prints produced between the mid 1940s and 1950s by artists from the Escuela Mexicana such as Leopoldo Méndez (Mexico, 1902 - 1969), Pablo O’Higgins (Mexico, 1904 – 1983) and José Clemente Orozco (Mexico, 1883 – 1949). The last two sections are dedicated to contemporary works; one focuses on Cuban artists emerging in the 1980s and 1990s to the present day; and the final section showcases sculptures created from the 1970s to 2009 by masters such as Mathias Goeritz (Germany 1915 – Mexico, 1990) to emerging artists like Darío Escobar (Guatemala, 1971) from diverse regions of Latin America such as Brazil, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
As part of the exhibition, a video on Muerte al invasor, with research by art historian Isabel Rojas-Williams, will be presented to contextualize the sketches. Rojas-Williams' video, Siqueiros: a muralist in exile, includes murals from USA, Argentina and Chile and focuses on Muerte al invasor , the mural Rojas-Williams documented following the 8.8 magnitude that affected Chile on February 27th, 2010.
This exhibition is supported by the Robert Gumbiner Foundation, Verizon Wireless, Arts Council for Long Beach, City of Long Beach, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, County of Los Angeles, and the Annual Exhibition Fund. Media support is provided by ABC 7, KCRW (89.9FM), LA Weekly, and Telemundo.
EXHIBITION RELATED EVENTSINTERLOGUES – Contemporary Cuban ArtThursday, August 12, 7:30 - 9:00PM
Join Couturier Gallery Director Darrel Couturier, writer Adolfo Nodal, and MOLAA Chief Curator Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, in a conversation about contemporary Cuban Art practices in relation to the Highlights of Contemporary Cuban Art section of the exhibition Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection.
Charter Screening RoomINTERLOGUES – Thinking About Sculpture in Latin America TodayThursday, September 9, 7:30 - 9:00PM
Join MOLAA Chief Curator Cecilia Fajardo-Hill in a discussion about contemporary sculpture in Latin America, in the context of the Fluid Sculpture section in the current exhibition Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection, on view July 15, 2010-February 6, 2011.
Charter Screening RoomINTERLOGUES – Siqueiros: A Muralist in ExileThursday, October 14, 7:30 - 9:00PM
Join art historian and curator Isabel Rojas-Williams, CSULA, in a lecture about Siqueiros’ murals in Chile, Argentina, and LA, in relation to the current exhibitions Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection and Siqueiros Paisajista / Siqueiros: Landscape Painter. Rojas-Williams recently documented condition of the Siqueiros mural Muerte al invasor (Death to the Invader), 1941-1942, after the February 27, 2010 earthquake in Chile.
Charter Screening Room
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