Grandes maestros del arte wixárika
Subtitle: acervo Negrín
By: Diana Negrin da Silva
Contributors: Centro de Investigación Wixárika; Instituto Cultural Cabañas (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco; Arquitónica
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Guadalajara, México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9786079858728; 9786077341567
Subjects: Catalogs; Art collection; Artists; Indian art; Huichol Indians; Religion; Huichol textile fabrics; Huichol art
Other titles: Acervo Negrín
Description: In 1970, Juan Negrín Fetter, a young philosopher and artist, visited an exhibition of paintings by Wixarika or Wixaritari (Huichol) artists outside the Basilica of Zapopan. In a few years, Negrín forged strong ties of friendship and collaboration with Wixaritari artists and their families, traveling with them throughout the Wixárika territory. Over the next two decades, he sponsored the creation of a collection of woolen yarn paintings, quarry sculptures, and the collection and documentation of their contents. The works created by José Benítez Sánchez, Tiburcio Carrillo Sandoval, Guadalupe González Ríos, Lucía Lemus de la Cruz, Juan Ríos Martínez and Pablo Taizán de la Cruz form an invaluable collection that identifies them as the masters of modern Wixárika art. These teachers participated in an intercultural dialogue that invited different views towards the spiritual, linguistic and territorial complex of the Wixárika people. The Negrín Collection expresses the conviction shared by its creators that visual art, traditional music and Wixárika orality communicate the importance of preserving their territories, their language and their ancient culture.

In 1970, Juan Negrín Fetter, a young philosopher and artist, visited an exhibition of paintings by Wixarika or Wixaritari (Huichol) artists outside the Basilica of Zapopan. In a few years, Negrín forged strong ties of friendship and collaboration with Wixaritari artists and their families, traveling with them throughout the Wixárika territory. Over the next two decades, he sponsored the creation of a collection of woolen yarn paintings, quarry sculptures, and the collection and documentation of their contents. The works created by José Benítez Sánchez, Tiburcio Carrillo Sandoval, Guadalupe González Ríos, Lucía Lemus de la Cruz, Juan Ríos Martínez and Pablo Taizán de la Cruz form an invaluable collection that identifies them as the masters of modern Wixárika art. These teachers participated in an intercultural dialogue that invited different views towards the spiritual, linguistic and territorial complex of the Wixárika people. The Negrín Collection expresses the conviction shared by its creators that visual art, traditional music and Wixárika orality communicate the importance of preserving their territories, their language and their ancient culture.
Notes: This book was jointly published by the Secretary of Culture for the State of Jalisco, Mexico and the Wixárika Research Center in honor of the Year of Indigenous Languages and to celebrate the exhibition "Grandes Maestros del Arte Wixárika: Acervo Negrín" held at the Museo Cabañas in Guadalajara (June 21, 2019 - January 12, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Texts in Español, Inglés and Wixárika.
Table of contents: title: Presentaciones; title: Prólogo; title: Introducción; title: Antecedentes; title: Reflejos de una cultura desconocida "El costumbre wixárika"; title: La colección Negrin: Arte en perspectiva; title: Manifestaciones del arte wixárika; title: Del arte a la eco-política; title: Impacto del desarrollo sobre la cultura y la ecología de los wixáritari; title: El territorio wixárika; title: Lugares sagrados; title: Exhibición de artistas; title: Indicaciones para la lectura de los cuadros; title: Glosario de antepasados y palabras clave; title: José Benítez Sánchez "Caminante silencioso"; title: Turtukila (Tiburcio) Carrillo Sandoval "Retoño e Maiz"; title: Guadalupe González Ríos-Ketsetemache Teukarieya "Ahijado de las iguanas"; title: Rito de sangre en una sierra distante, John H. Bowles, 2018; title: Lucía Lemus de la Cruz "Elote tierno"; title: Juan Ríos Martínez "Pintado de rojo"; title: Pablo Taizán de la Cruz "El traje del padre" Semblanzas biográficas de autores.