MEX/LA: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985

Through January 29th, 2012, the Museum of Latin American Art in Los Angeles (Molaa) will present MEX/LA: Mexican Modernism(s) in Los Angeles 1930-1985. The show, curated by Rubén Ortiz-Torres with the collaboration of Jesse Lerner, gives equal weight to the history of Los Angeles and Mexico, and deals with them ¿in the same hand.¿ It highlights the way in which the US city and the Mexican nation have generated a synergy in response to a variety of evolutions in ways that are evident even today. One of the most salient examples is how, when, and why the city of Los Angeles became an arts epicenter. In the 1930s, when David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco painted murals in the city, works that became points of artistic reference for their North American counterparts, as reflected in a variety of US productions. The exhibition includes painting, film, photography, animation, street art, fashion, music, architecture, etc. Additionally, on October 13th, 2011 there will be a roundtable discussion titled MEX/LA: Popular Culture, 1930-1985; and on January 12th, 2012, one titled MEX/LA: Photography and Film 1930-1985. For more information, visit: http://www.molaa.org/Art/Exhibitions/MEX-LA-Mexican-Modernism%28s%29-in-Los-Angeles-1930-1985.aspx