Retelling the History of the Mexico Pavilion at La Biennale

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3436
dc.contributor.author	Nieto Ruiz Carolina
dc.title	Retelling the History of the Mexico Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This chapter presents a revised history of the Mexico Pavilions in La Biennale di Venezia. Official discourse on Mexican Pavilions published in the twenty-first century contain significant inconsistencies and omissions about Mexico’s twentieth century participations. These inaccuracies have been repeatedly published in the press, effectively rewriting history. I argue that a more complete historical narrative is necessary for a richer understanding of Mexico’s contribution to the international art scene. First, I examine historical inconsistencies in exhibition publications from 2007-17. Next, I construct a narrative history of the Mexico Pavilions in three stages, in accordance with their aesthetics and contexts of production: post-revolutionary (1950, 1952, 1958, 1968), rupture (1986), and transnational (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019). Finally, I offer some concluding remarks and suggestions for further research.
dc.relation.ispartof	Storie dell’arte contemporanea
dc.relation.ispartof	Atlante delle Biennali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2019-12-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-367-0/retelling-the-history-of-the-mexico-pavilion-at-la/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-366-3/023
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9905
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9891
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-367-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-366-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Historical revision
dc.subject	Historical revision
dc.subject	La Biennale di Venezia
dc.subject	La Biennale di Venezia
dc.subject	Mexico Pavilion
dc.subject	Mexico Pavilion
dc.subject	Twentieth century Mexican Art
dc.subject	Twentieth century Mexican Art
dc.subject	Twenty-first century Mexican Art
dc.subject	Twenty-first century Mexican Art

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Retelling the History of the Mexico Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

Carolina Nieto Ruiz University of Washington, USA

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This chapter presents a revised history of the Mexico Pavilions in La Biennale di Venezia. Official discourse on Mexican Pavilions published in the twenty-first century contain significant inconsistencies and omissions about Mexico’s twentieth century participations. These inaccuracies have been repeatedly published in the press, effectively rewriting history. I argue that a more complete historical narrative is necessary for a richer understanding of Mexico’s contribution to the international art scene. First, I examine historical inconsistencies in exhibition publications from 2007-17. Next, I construct a narrative history of the Mexico Pavilions in three stages, in accordance with their aesthetics and contexts of production: post-revolutionary (1950, 1952, 1958, 1968), rupture (1986), and transnational (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019). Finally, I offer some concluding remarks and suggestions for further research.

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Dec. 18, 2019

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Keywords: Mexico Pavilion • Twentieth century Mexican Art • Historical revision • Twenty-first century Mexican Art • La Biennale di Venezia

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