but what was of particular interest to us was the display of Huichol art.
I've blogged about this indigenous group and their unusual art before and the collection of it in this museum is really exceptional. In one part of the exhibit, you are invited to step into a little enclosure where, what is intended to replicate the peyote experience through a video, is shown on the ceiling. Here are some clips from that video, so, put your computer in to full screen mode, lay back and trip out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SLN6BtWuCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwfEUYjbmvQ
Classic Huichol textiles
Pedro Coronel was a well known and innovative Mexican painter and sculptor who was born in Zacatecas. Influenced by the muralists like Diego Rivera and particularly, Rufino Tamayo, his art diverged into abstract realms and gained notoriety throughout Mexico, the US and Europe. Shortly before his death, he donated his personal collection to the state and this museum was created in a former Jesuit College to display the amazing works he collected from all over the world. Everything from African and Asian art to the European masters, originals by Picasso, Chagall, Max Ernst, etc, a room of small Goya etchings, ancient artifacts from around the Mediterranean and Mesoamerica.
Bullfight inspired etchings by Goya
And from Africa:
Next stop: the museum of Pedro's brother, Raphael Coronel
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