On the Town: Exhibit reflects Guadalajara, Oklahoma City connection | The Journal Record

A brand new exhibit at Oklahoma Modern explores the thriving up to date artwork scene in Guadalajara, Mexico, whereas, in a means, underscoring how Oklahoma Metropolis’s artwork scene is prospering.

Translated into “The Home that We Invented,” the exhibit, “La casa que nos inventamos: Modern Artwork From Guadalajara” developed from a relationship that has shaped over the past yr between the folks at Oklahoma Modern and the artists within the capital metropolis of Mexico’s state of Jalisco. It explores visible artwork in a metropolis that has turn out to be a “main hub of latest structure, design, delicacies, literature and visible artwork,” a information launch famous in regards to the exhibit and Guadalajara.

The exhibit is on the downtown artwork heart by way of Jan. 9 within the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Major Gallery and outdoors, beginning with the out of doors artwork set up of a classic automotive simply earlier than it hits a lake of water – Gonzalo Lebrija’s “Breve historia del tiempo” (Transient Historical past of Time), which I wrote about in August.

After that teaser and listening to in regards to the Oklahoma Metropolis-Guadalara connection, it was so fascinating to see all of those works from 19 artists come collectively on this exhibit. Lebrija explores his “second in time” idea with {a photograph} of trick rope in motion like at a rodeo, widespread in each Mexico and Oklahoma.

A few of the works have been small, some massive; they embody sculptures, work, images and even a video. They explored a wide range of themes – structure, geometry, the surroundings, science, economics, poetry and extra. For one, I cherished studying the entries within the colourful work by Octavio Abúndez, “A Utopian Historical past of Humanity,” as he checked out what utopia has seemed like all through historical past utilizing 256 separate canvases organized in blocks.

Additionally featured are works by artists who rose to worldwide prominence within the 2000s — Jose Dávila, Eduardo Sarabia, Francisco Ugarte — in addition to by a technology of artists — Isa Carrillo, Larissa Garza, Renata Petersen — who’ve gained larger consideration lately, the discharge acknowledged. I loved studying the artists’ ideas and interpretations of the items.

Visitor curator is Viviana Kuri, director and chief curator of the Museo de Arte Zapopan in Guadalajara.

The exhibit “presents practically 50 items by artists who share an surroundings, a standard previous and current, that they’ve sought to assimilate, to reinterpret or certainly to destroy,” Kuri stated in a curator’s assertion. “I want to suppose that the artworks on this exhibition are a mirror by which our cities – Guadalajara and Oklahoma Metropolis – can see ourselves mirrored.”

For data, go to okcontemp.org or see it in individual at 11 NW 11.

Supporting the exhibit are Richard and Glenna Tanenbaum, Ed and Jodi Sanchez, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Basis, Skip and Joan Cunningham, G. David Neff and Suzanne Peck, The Colcord Lodge, CNS Productions, George Data, The E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Basis, The Chickasaw Nation, The Kanady Household, Annie Bohanon, Velocigo, Ron Suttles, and Ann Sherman Images.

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