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[quote]For its 30th anniversary, the museum brings together works of 30 established and emerging artists to celebrate their past, present,and future, Chicago and Mexico, old and new. In a collaborative environment of diversity —creative and otherwise— “Memoria Presente” is multicultural, a showcase of communication and creativity, illuminating the museum’s philosophy of a Mexican culture “sin fronteras” (“without borders.”) The exhibition includes Yvette Mayorga’s frosted candylands, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas’ human-shaped, hanging clay sculptures, and William Estrada’s “Mobile Street Art Cart,” used to physically bring art directly to Chicago’s South Side streets and neighborhoods.[/quote]
Sergio Gomez, Eric Garcia, Georgina Valverde and Dan Ramirez in “Memoria Presente” at the National Museum of Mexican Art, 2017
Salvador Jiménez-Flores, La resistencia de los nopales híbridos (The Resistance of the Hybrid Cacti), 2017, a terracotta and porcelain installation.
Miguel ‘Kane One’ Aguilar, Un rinconcito en el cielo (A Little Corner in heaven), 2017, spray paint. Photo by Michael Tropea