Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares
Subtitle: Incidents of mirror-travel in Yucatan and elsewhere
By: [edicion Pablo León de la Barra, Magalí Arriola]
Contributors: Museo Rufino Tamayo
Edition: 1a ed.
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura; Conaculta
Published: 2011
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa; eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9786076050873
Subjects: Mexican Art; Exhibitions; In art; Architecture; Mayan influences
Other titles: Incidents of mirror-travel in Yucatan and elsewhere
Description: Exhibition that is loosely inspired by the travels of John Lloyd Stephens andFrederick Catherwood in Yucatan, Chiapas and Central America in 1839 and 1841, and the trip made in 1969 by Robert Smithson in the southeast peninsula. It brings together works by thefollowing Modern and contemporary artists: Alias Editorial, Lara Almarcegui, Jürgen K.Brüggemann, Stefan Brüggemann, Mariana Castillo Deball, Frederick Catherwood,Claude-Joseph Desiré Charnay, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon and Augustus Le Plongeon,Sam Durant, Cyprien Gaillard, Mario García Torres, Alex Hubbard, Leandro Katz, ierre Leguillon, Mauricio Maillé, Gabriel Orozco, Mauricio Rocha, Jeremy Millar, JonathanMonk, Henry Moore, Rubén Ortiz Torres, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Beatriz Santiago,Yann Sérandour, Cerith Wyn Evans and the spirit of Robert Smithson. The show is aproject curated by Pablo León de la Barra.
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition held on July 7 - August 7, 2011 at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City.

"The exhibition ... was loosely based on the travels of Stephens, Catherwood and Smithson, and on the space created by the reflections, echoes,resonances and ruptures between their works and the later genealogy of travelers, archaeologists, photographers and artists who followed their footsteps."--p. 17.

Includes bibliographical references.

Texts in Spanish and English.
Table of contents: title: Presentación  -- Teresa Vicencio Álvarez; title: Introducción  -- Carmen Cuenca; title: Arqueología conceptual: sobre la exposición Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares--  -- Pablo León de la Barra; title: Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares --; title: Lista de obra --; title: Viajes espejo en el Neoliberalismo  -- Sam Durant; title: La influencia maya en la arquitectura contemporánea del pueblo de Palenque  -- Claudia Fernández; title: Figura sentada (692) & Sin título (Inspirada en Sol LeWitt)  -- Simon Martin; title: Sueño Androide de una oveja maya o las ruinas de la modernidad  -- Rubén Ortiz Torres; title: Hotel Palenque 2011  -- Pablo León de la Barra; title: Paisajes de indiferencia: Robert Smithson y John Lloyd Stephens en Yucatán  -- Jennifer L. Roberts; title: Los mayas indolentes  -- Jesse Lerner; title: Yucatán está en otra parte: sobre Hotel Palenque de Robert Smithson  -- Neville Wakefield; title: Un regreso al punto sin retorno -- Brian Dillon.