100 Años de Posada y su Catrina - National Museum of Mexican Art

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The National Museum of Mexican Art cordially
invites you to join us for
100 Años de Posada y su Catrina
Visit www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org or call
312-738-1503 to order tickets for Del Corazón 2013!
D ay o f t h e D e a d 2 0 1 3
Opening Reception
Friday, September 13
6–8:30pm
Exhibition continues through December 15th
Curated by Dolores Mercado
Visit our complete online schedule at:
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Demetrio García Aguilar, Untitled / Sin título, 2000, polychrome ceramic and wire / cerámica
policromada y alambre, 22 1/4” x 13 1/2” x 6 3/4”, National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent
Collection, 2007.30, Gift of Dick and Holly Altman, photo credit: Michael Tropea
OFRENDAS & INSTALLATIONS
Homage in Talavera…to Posada’s Calavera / Homenaje en
Talavera...A Posada en Calavera
Rodolfo Villena Hernández (Puebla)
Assisted by: Raúl Hernández Castillo
Making a Crown of Flowers to the Deceased / Hacer la
Corona de Flores a los Difuntos Uirhimukua Tsitsikiri
Untani Uarhrichani
Blanca Estela Tinoco and Museo de Artes e Industrias Populares
de Pátzcuaro (Michoacán)
Reflections of Loss: The Sandy Hook Tragedy / Reflexiones
Sobre la Perdida: La Tragedia de Sandy Hook
Steinmetz High School C.P.S.; Project Director: Rossana Mark
Andreu; Instructors: Jennifer Bates, Melissa Gerleve, Alex
Sutphen and Molly Gleason (Chicago)
Altar for the Dead: To my Father and my Aunt /
Altar de Muertos: A la Memoria de mi Padre y de mi Tía:
Perfecto García y María de los Ángeles
Alejandro García Nelo (State Of Mexico)
The Sandy Hurricane Altar / Altar para las Víctimas del
Huracán Sandy
Scherezade García-V (Dominican Republic-New York)
Mariachi FestIVAL Free
Wednesday, Sept. 4 / 7pm at Millennium Park
Join us for a Mariachi Fest
featuring: Mariachi
Reyna de Los Ángeles, the
first all-female mariachi
group of the United States,
accompanied by Mariachi
Perla de México.
T
his year marks the 100th
anniversary of the death
of José Guadalupe Posada
(1852-1913). Our annual
Day of the Dead exhibit pays
homage to this prolific genius
printmaker, illustrator, and caricaturist.
Join us in commemorating the man who
created La Catrina (The Fancy Lady), and
who is considered the most renowned
Mexican popular artist. Become a part of
the largest Day of the Dead celebration
in the United States by joining us at the
opening of the exhibit dressed up as the Fancy Lady, the Dandy, or
any other of Posada’s famous characters. Altars, installations, popular art, and fine art by more than sixty Mexican artists from both
sides of the border are part of this remarkable exhibition.
Offering for the Day of the Dead in Xalitla, Guerrero /
Ofrenda para el Día de los Muertos en Xalitla, Guerrero
Mariana Flores González and Audias Roldán
(Guerrero-Chicago)
Installation for Families of the Mexican Circus / Instalación a las Familias del Circo Mexicano
Esperanza Gama (Chicago)
Homage to José Guadalupe Posada’s Fancy Ladies and
Skeletons / Homenaje a la Catrina y las Calacas de José
Guadalupe Posada
Stitches of the Soul / Las Puntadas del Alma Quilting Group of
the NMMA, Participants: Christina Carlos, Socorro Carlos, Daisy
Carranza, Lucy Campos, Martha Domínguez-Díaz, Maria G.
Herrera and Florinda Malacara (Chicago)
In Memory / En Memoria: Jorge Guillermo Álvarez
Cecilia Concepción Álvarez (Washington)
ARTISTS
José Guadalupe Posada
(Aguascalientes-Mexico City, 1852-1913)
Abel Alejandre (California)
Rene Hugo Arceo (Chicago)
Carmen Bordes (Jalisco)
E
ste año se conmemora el 100 aniversario de la muerte de
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), y a través de nuestra
exhibición anual de Día de los Muertos hacemos homenaje
al genio prolífico del grabado, la ilustración y la caricatura.
Acompáñenos a celebrar al creador de “La Catrina” y al que es
considerado el artista popular mexicano por excelencia. Sea
parte del Día de los Muertos más grande en los Estados Unidos
y venga a la apertura vestido como la Catrina, el Catrín
o uno de los tantos personajes que Posada creó. Altares,
instalaciones, arte popular, y obras de arte de más de sesenta artistas mexicanos de los dos lados de la frontera son
parte de tan importante exhibición.
Alberto Bosquez (Texas)
Juan Alberto Castillo (Chicago)
Carlos Cortéz (Wisconsin-Chicago, 1923-2005)
Elena Climent (New York)
Ricco Diamante (Indiana)
Demetrio García Aguilar (Oaxaca)
Carlos G. Gómez (Texas)
Luis “Louie the Foot” González (California)
Dolores Guerrero-Crúz (California)
Ester Hernández (California)
Luis Jiménez (New Mexico, 1940-2006)
Raúl López-Reyes (Michoacán)
Mario López Torres (Mexico City)
Pedro Linares and Family (Mexico City)
Ricardo Linares G. (Mexico City)
Miguel Linares Mendoza (Mexico City)
Jorge Luna López (Mexico City)
Diego Marcial Rios (California)
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexico City, 1902-1969)
Benjamín Martínez Álvarez (Texas)
Elsa Muñoz (Chicago)
Susana Navarro (Mexico City)
Errol Ortíz (Chicago)
Carlomagno Pedro Martínez (Oaxaca)
Magdalena Pedro Martínez (Oaxaca)
José Salvador Pizarro Gómez (Mexico City)
Deborah Rael-Buckley (New Mexico)
José Ángel Rodríguez (Mexico City)
Alejandro Romero (Chicago)
Frank Romero (California)
Sergio Sánchez Santamaría (Morelos)
Manuel Sandoval (Jalisco)
Arturo Sosa Pérez (Oaxaca)
Benito Rivera Soteno (State Of Mexico)
Francisco Toledo (Oaxaca)
María Tomasula (Indiana)
Teodoro Torres Orea (Mexico City, 1933-2009)
And several Anonymous Artists
IMAGE CREDITS: José Guadalupe Posada, The Fancy Lady (from the portfolio
entitled “1880-1980: 100 Years of Popular Art in the Morelos Labradores 91
Neighborhood” / La Calaca Catrina (de la carpeta titulada “1880-1980:100 Años
de Arte Popular en la Colonia Morelos Labradores 91”), 1983, relief etching restrike
from vintage plate, N.N., 6 3/4” x 8 3/8” (paper size), National Museum of Mexican
Art Permanent Collection, 1990.45 E, photo credit: Michael Tropea • Carlos Cortéz,
Homage to Posada / Homenaje a Posada, 1981, linocut, N.N. / linóleo, S.N., 35” x 23
1/8” (paper size), National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection, 1992.117,
Gift of the artist, photo credit: Kathleen Culbert-Aguilar • Raúl López-Reyes, The
Fancy Lady / La Catrina, 2001, papier-mâché and mixed media / papel mâché y
técnica mixta, 21 1/4” x 5 1/4” x 5”, National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent
Collection, 2002.23, Gift of Rosa and Henry Wangeman, photo credit: Michael
Tropea • Miguel Linares Mendoza, Frida Kahlo, 1993, papier-mâché, cartonería
and wood / papel mâché, cartonería y madera, 28” x 10” x 10”, National Museum of
Mexican Art Permanent Collection, 1994.5, photocredit: Kathleen Culbert-Aguilar •
Deborah Rael-Buckley (New Mexico), Portrait, 2:38 AM / Retrato, 2:38 AM, 2001,
ceramic, glazes, stains and mixed media / cerámica vidriada, tintas y técnica mixta,
55” x 22” x 21”, National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection, 2006.111,
Gift of the artist in memory of Philip J. Buckley, photo credit: Michael Tropea
Acompáñenos al Festival del Mariachi y disfrute de la música de
Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles - primer mariachi femenil de los
Estados Unidos - acompañadas por Mariachi Perla de México.
Mexican indie music soundcase
Saturday, Oct. 5 / 6:30pm-12am at the NMMA
Enjoy an evening of indie music
made up of talented Mexican/
Mexican-American artists. Come,
listen and experience the Mexican
Indie Music Soundcase featuring:
James López (Chicago debut),
Jazmin Solar (U.S. debut), Madame
Ur y Sus Hombres (Chicago debut),
and Latin Grammy award-winning artist Carla Morrison. $15/
person for Carla Morrison only. $20/person for all evening pass.
Disfrute una noche llena de música independiente por músicos y cantautores mexicanos y México-americanos. Venga,
escuche y sea parte del Mexican Indie Music Soundcase
con: James López (debut en Chicago), Jazmin Solar (debut
EEUU), Madame Ur y Sus Hombres (debut en Chicago), y la
ganadora del Latin Grammy, Carla Morrison. $15 por persona
para el concierto de Carla Morrison y $20 por persona para
un pase de toda la noche.
¡ A Mover EL ESQUELETO!
Saturday, Nov. 2 / 7-10pm at the NMMA - $50/person
Day of the Dead Ball with Sones de México Ensemble/ Baile
del Día de los Muertos con Sones de México Ensemble
Dress up as José Guadalupe Posada’s Fancy Lady (la Catrina)
or Dandy (el Catrín) and dance to the rhythm of music played
by the popular group, Sones de México Ensemble.
*Includes FREE catalog, sugar skull, appetizers and open bar.
Disfrácese como la Catrina o el Catrín de José Guadalupe
Posada y mueva el esqueleto al bailar al ritmo de la música
del reconocido grupo musical Sones de México Ensemble.
*Incluye catálogo gratis, calavera de azúcar, aperitivos y bebidas.