Powerful FIC exhibit:: Danos colaterales at Museo de Pueblo

This multifaceted exhibit was made up of sections with a double thread running through them, either assaults on identity.or other forms of cruelty. The last photo shows one panel of a two sided screen portraying the glory of Tenochtitlan and the Spaniards' slaughter of the inhabitants. A powerful work (not shown) was the stark photo of a drowned kitten taken by Claudia Reyes..The photos by the German photographer Walter Reuter, who loved his new country , provided a brief respite from the other works shown.

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Refugee Reuter left his bitterness behind in the Old World, grateful that Mexico provided a haven

                                         At the entrance to the exhibit, a seemingly innocuous set of seven blankets had covered corpses of Mexicans who died violent deaths.
The wooden sculpture we saw next resonated frighteningly with Amat Escalante's film Heli.

Above and below two prints in a series by Nahum B. Zenil

Rogelio Pereda's double-edged photo of a man-turned-woman after serving in the US military.

One panel from Gustavo Monroy's powerful New Screen after the Spanish Conquest. 

Museum tour: a way tto see Posada's work without making a trip to Aguascalientes

The meeting point is at 6pm at the galeria across from El Midi in Casa Cuatro. I'm sure the tour will head to the Museo del Pueblo which is hosting four exhibits in Jose Guadalupe Posada's honor.

                                                Satirist Posada not one to strive for political correctness

Did you know that the printmaker lived in Leon for more than ten years until the flood of 1888 washed out the taller where he worked, leading him to move to Mexico City. Undoubtedly the perfect place for graphic social commentary well understood by the many Mexicans of the time who could not read.

I don't know how long the exhibits will be at the museums.Recommended for art buffs, graphic art buffs and history buffs.

Sherrie Posternak's Day of the Dead exhibit at the Dieguino

Sherrie's exhibit opened at the Museo  Dieguino (between the Teatro Juarez and the Hotel San Diego) Friday night, her third exhibit in Guanajuato this year. Creating in many forms, this versatile artist offered her viewers many ways of seeing the interplay between life and death.  What could have been a better setting than the subterranean museum? The artist, who dressed as a calaca that would have done Posada proud, explained that her  family recollections and  her own sense of Mexican culture mix in this varied exhibit made from the intertwined threads of life and death.

Life:sepeating the marriage ritual seven times

Death: Sherrie dcarries out her theme 

Dia de los Muertos Feria de Artesanias 31 de oct - 3 de nov

Craftepeople from out of town and local craftspeople showed their wares.at this four-day fair. According to the calendar I have, there may be a repeat from 15-18 of November (around the Day of the Revolution), followed by a Christmas Fair 20-30 of December.Norma - all in the building near the city offices in Plaza de la Paz.

This time, Lilia Fernandea, who taught humanities at the prepa for many years, was showing her hand painted and hand enbrudered rebozos:

Weavers, metalworkers, papier mache craftsman came too, several from San Miguel de Allende. Visitors to the exhibits could pick up cards for heading to the display rooms on a later visit.

Women from the Santa Rosa Cooperative brought their mermaladas (I bought quince) and sweet liqueurs. A smaller fair than usual but I hope worthwhile for both sellers and buyers.