México Ahora: Punto de Partida/
Mexico Now: Point of Departure

January 25 – April 5, 1997

The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery presents México Ahora: Punto de Partida/ Mexico Now: Point of Departure an exhibition featuring 11 emerging Mexican artists whose work is forceful and full of invention. The exhibition will travel to six other sites in the United States and Puerto Rico.

México Ahora: Punto de Partida/ Mexico Now: Point of Departure will reexamine the traditions of Mexican art and chart new creative territory through photography, sculpture, installations and more in approximately 40 large scale, exciting contemporary works. México Ahora/ Mexico Now is a declaration of artistic independence and captures the energy of Mexico in the late 20th century.

Philip Morris Companies Inc. is the national sponsor the exhibition.

For more information on México Ahora: Punto de Partida/ Mexico Now: Point of Departure please read press release.

How about a quick tour of some of the works that are on display?!?

There are 15 images contained within this archive which are intended for personal/educational use only. These images bear a 1996 photographic copyright which belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. Therefore, they are not in the public domain. Dimensions are given in centimeters.

Marco Arce, Serie del poder 1996 (detalle); Power Series 1996 (detail), oil on canvas, 36 units, 51 x 40.5, courtesy Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey/New York	Marco Arce, Serie del poder (detalle); Power Series (detail), 1996, oil on canvas, 36 units, 51 x 40.5, courtesy Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey/New York	Mónica Castillo, Cuadros para Marta; Pictures for Martha, 1995, oil on canvas, nine panel poliptych, 122 x 150 overall, courtesy Galería OMR, Mexico City	Mónica Castillo, Cuadros para Marta (detalle); Pictures for Martha (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, nine panel poliptych, 122 x 150 overall, courtesy Galería OMR, Mexico City

Mónica Castillo, Cuadros para Marta (detalle); Pictures for Martha (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, nine panel poliptych, 122 x 150 overall, courtesy Galería OMR, Mexico City	Mónica Castillo, Cuadros para Marta (detalle); Pictures for Martha (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, nine panel poliptych, 122 x 150 overall, courtesy Galería OMR, Mexico City	Mónica Castillo, La repartición de los panes; Distributing Bread 1995, color photographs, molded bread loaves, 150 x 250 overall, variable, courtesy Galería OMR, Mexico City	Silvia Gruner, Natura/Cultura (detalle); Nature/Culture (detail), 1996, chromogenic photographic prints, 157 images, each 20.3 x 25.4, collection of the artist

Yolanda Gutiérrez, Umbral (detalle);Threshold (detail), 1992, 28 sets of cow jaw bones, installation 650 x 800 x 100, variable, courtesy of Galerie Yvonamor Palix, Paris	Yishai Jusidman, Sumo V, 1995, oil on wood, 50 x 50, collection Brondesbury Holdings, Ltd., Tortola, Virgin Islands	Néstor Quiñones, La curacíon; The Healing , 1996, acrylic on canvas, wood, metal, nylon,, earth, plastic & thread, 290 x 208 x 50	Melanie Smith, Orange Lush I, 1994, mixed media, 201 x 151 x 27

Melanie Smith, Orange Lush II , 1994, mixed media, 244 x 124 x 25.5	Diego Toledo, Epidermis; Skin , 1994-95, electrical system, wood, latex, metal, 199.5 x 212 x 30	Diego Toledo, Sin más; Without More, 1995, electrical system, wood, acrylic, steel, plastic laminate, 106 x 122 x 14

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