If you live locally, have you had a chance to see Sociales: Debora Arango Arrives Today and Lola Alvarez Bravo: The Photography of an Era? If not, remember, we offer free admission every Sunday thanks to the support of Target and we are also free on the second Thursday of every month from 5:00-9:00pm.
Debora Arango
An article in Spanish about one of the exhibitions that opens this weekend, Debora Arango Arrives Today.
Débora Arango (Colombia, 1907-2005)
Huelga de estudiantes / Student strike, 1954
Oil on canvas
Collection of Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
Photo: Carlos Tobón
Débora Arango (Colombia, 1907-2005)
La lucha del destino / The Struggle of Fate, 1944
Oil on canvas
Collection of Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
Photo: Carlos Tobón
Débora Arango (Colombia, 1907-2005)
Plebiscito / Plebiscite, 1958
Oil on canvas
Collection of Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
Photo: Carlos Tobón
Last week our Chief Curator, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill traveled to Colombia for the opening of Sociales: Debora Arango Arrives Today at the National Museum of Colombia. The same exhibition will open later this year here at MOLAA on September 23.
Arango was a contemporary of Frida Kahlo, and like Kahlo, she pushed boundaries ; in a career that began nearly 80 years ago and lasted until late in life, she produced a body of work that often depicted the hurdles and indignities she found in being a woman in a strict Roman Catholic country.
In 2003, two years before her death at 98 years of age, she received the Cruz de Boyaca, the highest official acknowledgement of the Colombian government.
MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art. Our Tumblr will include photos, videos and links related to past, upcoming and current temporary exhibitions and works from our permanent collection. It will also include images and information related to overall latin American art and culture.
