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Excellent news for the people of Tlaxcala because on May 25th, the exhibition Federico Silva, Struggle and Brotherhood the Triumph of Rebellion will be inaugurated at the Tlaxcala Museum of Art, in Plaza de la Constitución 21, in the downtown neighborhood, Tlaxcala.
Understanding art in Mexico, its figures, and its importance to the world would not be possible without the mention of Federico Sliva. The one who is part of the social roots of Mexico today, having collaborated with the teacher Siqueiros in creating the New Democracy mural. The one that inevitably linked him with social realism and that considered that every creative act is an act of transformation and makes sense in the social. And that conviction led him to create imposing pieces in public spaces such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tlaxcala, and many others, which would make him stand out in what is considered the most iconic discipline of Master Silva, sculpture.
Federico Silva’s prolific career dates from the 1940s to the present. During this, he never stopped experimenting and participated in all the visual arts, science, and technology.
Art will be alive while in permanent dialogue with society. Said the great artist who, as a last act of rebellion, died just a few hours before presenting his final great exhibition in what was the house of his work and where he veiled before the inauguration, the majestic Palace of Fine Arts.
FEDERICO SILVA, STRUGGLE, AND FRATERNITY THE TRIUMPH OF REBEL is the name given to this grand synthetic retrospective divided into four nuclei of the work of Federico Silva from 1945 to the present. Since this exhibition also houses three works by the artist, created expressly for it. In these, the pioneering artist in the creation of kinetic art decides to experiment one last time and make his pieces in silver.
The exhibition hosts pieces like a reconstruction of the Compensatory Cycle, created in 2017. In it, art as such is not the piece itself but the illusion that it reflects when playing with the lights and the movement.
Silva’s art always appeals to a playful sense and critical thinking, just as he did in the 1945 and 1946 magazines, which you can see in this exhibition. To create the retrospective, the curators, Joshua Adalí Sánchez and Javier de la Riva, collaborated hand in hand with the artist.
Visit Tlaxcala and enjoy this splendid exhibition.
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