Muralist Siqueiros gave a curious name to these pieces currently exposed at the Carrillo Gil Museum: “transportable paintings” for he considers them sketches that could someday grow to become murals.
The fact of the matter is he was profoundly interested in landscapes and their expressive potentials, a reason why he dedicated himself to making over a hundred paintings and drawings of which 80 are being displayed. Itala Schmelz, Alberto Torres, América Juárez and Christopher Fulton were in charge of both the research ad curatorship of this exhibit that revisits four decades of the artist’s visual creation.
Siqueiros insisted in the study of emotions that can be conveyed by nature, exploring the idyllic and the dramatic, creation and destruction, as he’s always done in his work. Thus, he created open horizons, volcanic ridges, telluric surface by making use of experimental techniques and a bold palette of colors. There’s no rupture in the representation language that characterize his murals because in his landscapes Siqueiros also disproportions volumes in an effort to extol monumentality and “visually” walk away from 2D scopes.
Curators also decided to include a swatch of photographs that speak volumes of his work as a landscapist, as well as catalog –on sale at the Museum- featuring a dozen essays that buttress the thesis of the curatorial cores within this exhibition. Irene Herner, Esther Acevedo, Manuel Marín, Jorge Reinoso and Laura González also collaborated.
Carrillo Gil Art Museum
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Source: ARTEVEN.COM
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