page_title: Mexican art
section_title: Modern Mexican visual artists
hierarchical_section_title: Mexican art / 21st century / Modern Mexican visual artists
caption_attribution_description: English: 1 Painting Sor Juana by Mauricio García Vega
context_page_description: Various types of visual arts developed in the geographical area now known as Mexico. The development of these arts roughly follows the history of Mexico, divided into the prehispanic Mesoamerican era, the colonial period, with the period after Mexican War of Independence, the development Mexican national identity through art in the nineteenth century, and the florescence of modern Mexican art after the Mexican Revolution.
  Mesoamerican art is that produced in an area that encompasses much of what is now central and southern Mexico, before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire for a period of about 3,000 years from Mexican Art can be bright and colourful this is called encopended. During this time, all influences on art production were indigenous, with art heavily tied to religion and the ruling class. There was little to no real distinction among art, architecture, and writing. The Spanish conquest led to 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, and art production remained tied to religion—most art was associated with the construction and decoration of churches, but secular art expanded in the eighteenth century, particularly casta paintings, portraiture, and history painting.
context_section_description: Some of painters in this century are:
  Eliseo Garza Aguilar, painter and performance artist. Considered among the leading exponents of provocative and thoughtful art of the Third Millennium. In search of a critical response from viewers, combines his paintings in the performances with the theatrical histrionics.
  Emanuel Espintla, painter and performer. Considered among the leading exponents of Mexican naive art and Fridamania.
  Pilar Goutas, a painter who uses oil on amate support, strongly influenced by Pollock and Chinese calligraphy.
  Torres Rafael Correa, he settled in Mexico in 2001 and joined the workshop of contemporary art, "The Moth" in Guadalajara, doing various art projects and scenographic. In Mexico works with painters, José Luis Malo, Rafael Sáenz, Edward Enhanced and sculptor Javier Malo. He participated in workshops recorded by the painter Margarita Pointelin. In 2003 he made a formation of Washi Zoo Kei with the Salvadoran master Addis Soriano.
  Enrique Pacheco, sculptor, painter, characterized by merge painting and sculpture with worldwide recognition.
  Pilar Pacheco Méndez, visual artist and sound.
  Daniel Lezama, visual artist. Works on all major formats oil. Born in 1968 to Mexican American parents.
  Roberto Cortazar, visual artist, painter.
  Margarita Orozco Pointelin
  Jazzamoart, visual artist, Guanajuato.
  Rafael Cauduro, painter, sculptor, muralist.
  Arturo Rivera, Painter.
  Germán Montalvo, Painter.
  Omar Rodriguez-Graham, Painter. Born in Mexico City in 1978.
  Vicente Rojo, Painter.
  Sebastian, painter, sculptor.
  Miguel Sanchez Lagrieta, Painter, visual artist.
  Gabriel Orozco, Painter, Sculptor Veracruz.
caption: Modern interpretation of the portrait of Sor Juana by Mexican artist Mauricio García Vega.
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