Strategies of Display & Integration-Latin American Art and Museum Collections & Presentation
SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 24, 2004
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
El Museo del Barrio’s Teatro Heckscher
1230 Fifth Avenue at 104 Street,
New York, NY 10029
Entry is free with Museum admission.
No reservations are required.
Image: Wifredo Lam. The Jungle. 1943.
2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York/ADAGP, Paris
This symposium is presented by El Museo del Barrio and The Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with the exhibition MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. The curators will discuss the exhibition and MoMA’s collection of Latin American and Caribbean art. Invited scholars will offer critical perspectives on strategies for the display and integration of art from Latin America and the Caribbean into a museum setting.
1:00-1:45 p.m. INTRODUCTION & HISTORY Fatima Bercht, Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio (New York) Gary Garrels, Chief Curator, Department of Drawings, and Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA (New York) Miriam Basilio, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings, MoMA (New York)
2:00-3:30 p.m. STRATEGIES OF DISPLAY & INTEGRATION Gabriel Perez-Barreiro, Curator of Latin American Art, The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin (Texas) Rocio Aranda Alvarado, Associate Curator, The Jersey City Museum (New Jersey) Cuauhtemoc Medina, Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, National University of Mexico & Advising Curator of Latin American Art, Tate (London) Luis Enrique Perez Oramas, Adjunct Curator, Department of Drawings, MoMA (New York)
3:45-4:40 p.m. DISCUSSION
This symposium is supported in part by Jean Hartley Boulton.
El Museo del Barrio’s galleries are open from 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
On view at El Museo del Barrio through July 25, 2004. Please see www.elmuseo.org for hours, directions, admission, and additional programs.
This collaborative exhibition, organized by a curatorial team from MoMA and El Museo del Barrio, provides an overview outlining the history of MoMA’s collection of Latin American art. The presentation at El Museo del Barrio comprises over 100 works in various mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, and artists’ books.
The first section includes major paintings and drawings by Mexicans Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros that were acquired by the Museum in the 1930s. The next section highlights works acquired from throughout Latin America by artists including Antonio Berni, Frida Kahlo, and Wifredo Lam, all purchased after the creation of the Museum’s Inter-American Fund in 1942. The third focuses on the 1960s, with particular emphasis on drawings and prints by artists such as Leon Ferrari, Gego, and Marisol. The exhibition culminates in a presentation of the Museum’s most recent acquisitions, as it continues to collect contemporary works in various mediums by such artists as Cildo Meireles, Vik Muniz, Gabriel Orozco and Doris Salcedo. A fully illustrated catalogue, including several essays by the curators, and a range of educational programs accompany the exhibition.
MoMA at El Museo is organized for The Museum of Modern Art by Gary Garrels, Chief Curator, Department of Drawings, and Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture; Luis-Enrique Perez-Oramas, Adjunct Curator, Department of Drawings; and Miriam Basilio, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings; and for El Museo del Barrio by Fatima Bercht, Chief Curator, and Deborah Cullen, Curator.
Bloomberg is the lead sponsor of this exhibition. Major support is provided by Altria Group, Inc. Additional support provided by: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation; The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art; The Reed Foundation, Inc.; Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue; Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro; Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi. Additional funding provided by: Yolanda Santos Garza; GEICO; LEF Foundation; Power Corporation of Canada; Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Inc.; Tony Bechara; The Board of Trustees and Advisory Board of El Museo del Barrio.
