Facturasymanufacturasdelaidentidad
Subtitle: las artes populares en la modernidad mexicana
By: [editor ; Ana Garduño ... et al., textos ; Michelle Suderman, traducción]
Contributors: Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico)
Publisher: Amigos del Museo de Arte Moderno; IXE; Museo de Arte Moderno
Published: 2010
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa; mul; eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9786076050293
Subjects: Influence; Mexican Art; National characteristics, Mexican, in art; Folk art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Facturas y manufacturas de la identidad; Artes populares en la modernidad mexicana
Description: The book explores the richness of Mexican folkart and its major influence in Mexican modernity, particularly in its formal repertories and subjects. This comprehensive work explores the role of the popular arts in the fine arts of 20th century Mexico and the way in which this revaluation of the popular cultural patrimony of the diverse regions of the country, nurtured the process of construction of a post-revolutionary nationalism. In September of 1921, president Álvaro Obregón inaugurated the magna exhibition "Exposición Nacional de Arte Popular", a cultural event that would initiate the festivities of the Independence centennial although designed as the official acknowledgment to the population involved in the recent Revolution war. This official legitimization of the popular arts and of the model of Indian-popular reference included the decisive participation of artists and intellectuals who rescued "the true spirit of Mexicanity" through the construction of identity symbols that would unified to the nation.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museo de Arte Moderno.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).

Spanish and English.
Table of contents: title: Presentaciones --; title: El elitismo del arte popular  -- Ana Garduño; title: Facturas y manufacturas de la identidad : el arte popular en 1921  -- Mireida Velázquez; title: La invención del "arte popular." Una estrategia para la construcción del arte mexicano moderno  -- Karen Cordero; title: Nacionalismo y representación en México post revolucionario. Una síntesis sobre la construcción de estereotipos nacionales -- Ricardo Pérez-Monfort-- Núcleos de la exposición-- Apéndice documental-- Bibliografía sobre arte popular-- English version.