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One of the most important initiatives that ultimately transformed artistic practice in Mexico was the Salón Independiente. This event yielded the possibility of group organization that would both generate collective, experimental projects and strengthen resistance against the established order. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 student movement, we present Un arte sin tutela: Salón Independiente en México 1968-1971 (Art without Guardinaship: The Salón Independiente in Mexico, 1968-1971), curated by Pilar García. Drawn from research into various archives, it seeks to present a historiographical account that documents and reconstructs the three exhibitions organized by the Salón Independiente between 1968 and 1971, as a key moment of artistic transformation in Mexico. The Salón Independiente united artists with both aesthetically and politically heterogeneous positions under an overarching proposal that, in distancing themselves from institutions and the commercial gallery circuit, connected new artistic vocabularies, explored non-traditional platforms, and offered new alternatives to the consumption of art. Its membersœ interest in erasing disciplinary boundaries, as well as in bringing art into other spaces, allowed them to experiment with under-examined spheres like fashion and film. The urge to create ephemeral, collaborative art ultimately influenced Mexicoœs artistic history as an instigator of dialogues with earlier experiences, and as a group that, even in its brief lifespan, successfully generated aesthetic and political radicalism amid social transformation. The key actors on this changing stage included Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Rafael Canogar, Lilia Carrillo, Arnaldo Coen, José Luis Cuevas, Felipe Ehrenberg, Helen Escobedo, Manuel Felguérez, Fernando García Ponce, Alberto Gironella, Alan Glass, Hersúa, Francisco Icaza, Myra Landau, Brian Nissen, Marta Palau, Tomás Parra, Ricardo Regazzoni, Ricardo Rocha, Vicente Rojo, Kazuya Sakai, Antonio Segui, Fernando de Szyslo, Yutaka Toyota, and Roger von Gunten. The first Salón Independiente opened its doors in the Centro Cultural Isidro Fabela in October 1968, in response to the discord produced by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artesœs call for submissions to the Exposición Solar. This exhibition was organized as part of the cultural activities associated with the XIX Olympics and within the context of repression afflicting the student movement. In 1969 and 1970, the second and third gatherings of the Salón Independiente were held in the UNAMœs Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte (MUCA); from that moment on, its political dissidence was formalized. In 1970, for budgetary reasons, the third Salón used paper and cardboard as its working materials, and the works of artfleeting and experimental in naturewere produced in situ. This final exhibition was presented in the cities of Toluca and Guadalajara.
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Un arte sin tutela: Salón Independiente en México, 1968-1971 = Art without guardianship : Salón Independiente in México, 1968-1971
2018, MUAC, Museo Universitario de Arte, Editorial RM, RM Verlag
in Spanish
- Primera edición = First edition.
6073006608 9786073006606
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Oct. 20, 2018 to March 24, 2019 at the MUAC Museo Universitario de de Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-395).
Texts in Spanish and English.
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