One my big surprises (my ignorance) when I first came to Mexico was the proliferation of visual arts of all sorts. I since learned that, with respect to art of the 20th and 21st centuries, this is no accident. The government has promoted art education since the early 20th century. Much of the art of the first half of that century, when society was struggling with dictatorship and revolution, had political content as represented by Diego Rivera, David Siquieros, Jose Clemente Orozco, Juan O'Gorman, rufino Tamayo, etc. This not to discount millennia of prehispanic mesoamerican art but that's a whole other subject. Whatever the case, here is a series of of sculptures by Leonora Carrington, an English-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist.
She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the time
Leonora Carrington was also a founding member of the Women's liberation movement during the 1970s
These sculptures were oon the sidewalk on Reforma by the Museum of Athropology (where Salador Dali sculputres were last year).
On the other side of the street was a series of poster art pieces of all sorts of subjects. I especially liked this group of pieces dealing with global emigration with contributions by artists from all over the world.
And off we ride
Leonora Carrington was also a founding member of the Women's liberation movement during the 1970s
When we were in Mexico in May we encountered this woman's art. She is amazingly inventive and prolific. Hope you're enjoying CDMX Andrew. Harry and I were there yesterday morning at the airport when our flight was rerouted. We just spent our first day in Zihuatanejo and it's great.
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