Title: El arte contemporáneo en el Museo de Arte Moderno de México durante la gestión de Helen Escobedo (1982-1984)
Description: "Time of fracture" is the result of well-documented research by Rita Eder on changes in the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) of Mexico under the direction of Helen Escobedo between 1982 and 1984. The review took place on the eve of democratization efforts in the political system and the crisis of the Mexican cultural historical development, conducted by the advanced cultural institutions, their vocations, and their relationship with audiences in new historical conditions. Rethinking Mexican cultural modernity meant, among other things, restating the rooms of the permanent collection, to recognize the artistic diversity of the country and, as noted by Néstor García Canclini, to make the historical movements of the twentieth century coexist with groups of young people who refuted previous modes of representing the sensitive political history of the country.
Subjects: Museums, Mexican Art, Curatorship, Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), History, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico), Art and state, Cultural policy, Theater and state, Federal aid to the arts, Public safety, Seguridad pública, Politics and culture, Politics and government, Political culture, Political science, Food supply, Agriculture, Economic aspects, Cross-cultural studies, Social conditions, Automobile industry workers, Labor disputes, Automobile industry and trade, Gender identity, Sex, Discourse analysis, Social aspects, Social movements, Protest movements, Sociology, Research, Congresses, Democracy, Art museums, Modern Art, Popular music
Places: Mexico City, Mexico
People: Helen Escobedo
Time periods: 20th century