ExhibitionMay 1, 2023
Chosen Memories
The exhibition brings together contemporary works by 40 Latin American artists who have been investigating history as source material for their work and reveals how some of today’s most relevant art is conceived through examining and retelling history in new ways.
Anchored by a transformative gift of works from trustee Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and shown in dialogue with other Latin American works from the Museum’s collection, the exhibition presents works by some of the region’s most important artists, including Rosângela Rennó (Brazil), Alejandro Cesarco (Uruguay), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Mario García Torres (Mexico), Leandro Katz (Argentina), Suwon Lee (Venezuela), Gilda Mantilla (Peru), Raimond Chaves (Colombia), José Bedia (Cuba-USA), and José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia). From reframing long histories of colonialism in the region and exploring the different ways in which artists revisit undervalued cultural heritages, to looking at the ways in which kinship and belonging are strengthened, the exhibition offers us new ways of looking at the past to better understand, and shape, our current moment.
Organized by Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, and Julia Detchon, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints.
For more information visit: https://www.moma.org
Anchored by a transformative gift of works from trustee Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and shown in dialogue with other Latin American works from the Museum’s collection, the exhibition presents works by some of the region’s most important artists, including Rosângela Rennó (Brazil), Alejandro Cesarco (Uruguay), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Mario García Torres (Mexico), Leandro Katz (Argentina), Suwon Lee (Venezuela), Gilda Mantilla (Peru), Raimond Chaves (Colombia), José Bedia (Cuba-USA), and José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia). From reframing long histories of colonialism in the region and exploring the different ways in which artists revisit undervalued cultural heritages, to looking at the ways in which kinship and belonging are strengthened, the exhibition offers us new ways of looking at the past to better understand, and shape, our current moment.
Organized by Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, and Julia Detchon, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints.
For more information visit: https://www.moma.org
