Los Contemporáneos y su tiempo
By: coordinación general, Miguel Fernández Félix, Arturo I. Saucedo González
Contributors: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (Mexico); Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico)
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
Published: 2016
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 527
ISBN-13: 9786076054000
Subjects: Contemporáneos (Group of writers); Exhibitions; Mexican literature; History and criticism; Mexican periodicals; History; Intellectual life
Description: The catalog is a detailed chronology of the 11 writers belonging to the generation of "Los Contemporáneos" with the full color reproductions of the 294 pieces, including publications, correspondence, photography, sculptures, paintings, drawings, engravings and screenplays that compose the exhibition. The generation of "Los Contemporáneos", was a Mexican modernist group, active in the late 1920's and early 1930's of 11 literates that included José y Celestino Gorostiza, Gilberto Owen, Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano, Jaime Torres Bodet, Salvador Novo, Xavier Villaurrutia, Enrique González Rojo, Carlos Pellicer, Jorge Cuesta and Samuel Ramos. The book includes texts by Miguel Capistrán, Luis Mario Schneider, Adolfo Castañón, José Joaquin Blanco, Alberto Enríquez Perea, Rosa García, Guillermo Sheridan, Anthony Stanton, Víctor Díaz, Marisol Luna, Arturo Rodríguez, Erika Madrigal, Evodio Escalante, Rafael Vargas and Víctor Soto, amongst others.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held July 13-Sep. 4, 2016 at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City.

Includes bibliographical references.