{"product_id":"raul-anguiano-muchacha-africana-2","title":"Raul Anguiano - Muchacha Africana","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eThis is a truly outstanding, large format oil on canvas, by this great Mexican Master. Museum quality paintings of this size and caliber are rare, and there are very few on the market. We guarantee the authenticity of this work and will provide written certification accordingly. This work measures 135 x 75cm. and was done in 1966.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eIn 1937, Raúl Anguiano joined the Revolutionary Writers and Artists League and, alongside Alfredo Zalce and Pablo O’Higgins, became a founding member of the Popular Graphics Workshop. There, artists cultivated a visual language deeply rooted in Mexico’s folk traditions, inspired by the profound influence of José Guadalupe Posada and Francisco Goya.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eAnguiano is recognized as part of the celebrated “Third Generation” of post-revolutionary Mexican painters, together with Juan O’Gorman, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado, Alfredo Zalce, Jesús Guerrero Galván, and Julio Castellanos. This generation was distinguished by its unorthodox spirit and strong engagement with both political and artistic discourse, while still honoring certain classical traditions. His work stands as a vivid expression of its era, imbued with an unmistakably Mexican identity and a profound connection to his people. This sensibility is evident not only in his murals, but also across his canvases, etchings, pencil and ink drawings, lithographs, illustrations, and later explorations in sculpture and ceramics.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eWithout ever compromising his individuality or cultural heritage—yet never allowing them to confine him—Anguiano embraced the principles of modern art, elevating his work to a universal and enduring significance. Anguiano held his first solo exhibition, Raúl Anguiano and Máximo Pacheco, at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City in 1935.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eIn 1940, he participated in the landmark collective exhibition Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art. These early achievements were followed by more than one hundred exhibitions across Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, the United States, France, Italy, the former Soviet Union, Israel, Germany, and Japan. Among his later notable presentations were a series of four color lithographs exhibited at the Hall of Graphic Arts SAGA 88 in Paris between 1989 and 1990, and the retrospective Anguiano’s Graphic Works (1938–1940) at the National Print Museum in Mexico City in 1990.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1980s, many artists living in Mexico began to seek new alternatives to the forms of expression that had dominated Mexican art of the 1960s and 1970s, especially international trends such as abstraction. A number of painters sought to evoke dream-like fantasy in their art, creating vibrant and symbolic images which often integrated traditional elements of Mexican iconography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrincipal among these artists was a re-interpretation of Mexican identity, as well as the intense inward scrutiny of the artists’ individuality. Issues of gender –i.e., feminism and personal solutions to the socio-political role of the artists in a developing nation, were manifested in much of the work during this intense period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, thanks to dynamic artists, galleries and patrons and the globalization of the world art scene, contemporary Mexican art is reaching galleries the world over. Mexico City has become an international art hot spot, while other cities such as Monterrey, Oaxaca, Mazatlán and Guadalajara also have thriving art scenes. Mexican artists attempt to interpret the uncertainties of the 21st century in diverse ways. The pendulum has swung away from abstraction to hyper-representation, photorealism, installations, video and street art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome describe the scene in Mexico City in terms of a boom or an explosion. But the truth is that art has thrived there for a century — from the great muralists like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artist.christies.com\/Diego-Rivera--41623.aspx\"\u003eDiego Rivera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the 1920s; via the abstract painters of the Ruptura movement in the 1950s; and the conceptually-inclined ‘Friday Workshop’ artists in the 1990s; through to today.\u003c\/span\u003e What has changed in the past two decades is the artistic infrastructure. A rich gallery sector and fairs such as Zona Maco have emerged, thanks to a fast-growing collector base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolitical stability and economic prosperity are key factors here. The capital has been immune to the drug-related violence that afflicts much of the rest of Mexico. Incomes have also risen steadily since the country signed NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) with Canada and the US in 1994. Economists predict Mexico will have the world’s fifth-biggest economy by 2050.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Mexico City’s strengths is that the rules of the art game are less fixed here than they are in more established art centers. The focus in this city, for a long time, used to be on traditional work in traditional places… Awareness of contemporary art has developed [only relatively recently — which] has allowed more room for experimentation, the unstructured and the unexpected, combined with the international connectivity brought by the internet, which has let Mexicans plug into art-world trends and discourse like never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo discussion of culture in Mexico City is complete without mention of its museums: there are more than 150 in total, surpassing every city on Earth, bar London.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mna.inah.gob.mx\/\"\u003eThe National Museum of Anthropology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eis a must for any visitor, though the biggest change on the landscape has been the recent building of new art museums. The standouts from the past dozen years include the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.museosoumaya.org\/\"\u003eSoumaya Museum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(showing the collection of Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim); the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionjumex.org\/en\"\u003eJumex Museum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(housing the art of businessman Eugenio López Alonso); and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/muac.unam.mx\/?lang=en\"\u003eMuseo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(MUAC), with its collection of mainly Mexican art from 1952 onwards.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Muchacha Africana","offer_id":51607367221546,"sku":"13952","price":22000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/files\/MuchachaAfricana-135x75cm.-1966.jpg?v=1780074696","url":"https:\/\/mlagallery.com\/products\/raul-anguiano-muchacha-africana-2","provider":"MLA Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}