Diego, Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco and Frida Kahlo are some artists present in the exhibit The exhibit includes 177 p
Diego, Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco and Frida Kahlo are some artists present in the exhibit
The exhibit includes 177 photographs that depict the Mexico of the firts half of the XX Century
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Museo Casa Diego Rivera presents the work of photographer Leo Matiz, a person who absorbed the post-revolutionary discourse of the muralist and the visual talent developed by Emilio “El Indio” Fernandez and Gabriel Figueroa in the presentation titled “Mirror of Modernity”.
The 1940’s
Visitors will be able to know the different photographs of the Colombian photo-journalist about Mexico, this, thanks to his great journalist collaboration with different means of communication, particularly in the 1940’s when the country was in the process of modernization and growth.
In the first part of the presentation, with his camera, Matiz captured great moments of the cultural life not only of Diego Rivera, but also of Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Frida Kahlo; of course he captured moments of stars like Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”, Maria Felix and Jorge Negrete.
The second part of the presentation is dedicated to the utopia of modernity, in this part he presents a photo feature, life facts, episodes, work scenes where he focuses the attention on different everyday activities, among which, as mentioned by Horacio Quiñones to the “Asi” magazine, Matiz dedicates time to capture the street sweeper: “This scene could have gone unnoticed to the world, had it not been captured by Leo Matiz, who saved it for the world”.
In the third part, Matiz walks among the art and the artists. On his gatherings with the muralists he said: “I went into the studios of the great painters and from that encounter I got an important artistic experience. I decided to present their life and their activity on their own easels. My friendship with Siqueiros, Orozco and Rivera was based on the fact that I never lied to them”.
The fourth presentation shows a visual and representative construction of what Leo Matiz wanted to present of the Country, after the end of the Administration of President Lazaro Cardenas and the beginning of the Administration of President Avila Camacho, it is here where he captures the deep Mexico in potos; the streets, the rituals of people, the everyday conflicts; the graphic reporter presents to us his own visual field of the time.
In total it is 177 images in the presentation “Mirror of Modernity. Leo Matiz and Diego Rivera” that will be in exhibition until April 30th 2022.
Entrance to the Museum costs $30 pesos and $15 pesos for students and elders.
