Retrato en Voz Alta

Portraits of Contemporary Mexican Artists by Allan Fis

Curated by Graciela Kartofel

Opening Reception: March 5, 2014 at 6pm

On View: March 5-May 23, 2014

OAS AMA | F STREET GALLERY
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

By appointment only, Mon-Fri from 9am to 5pm. Please call 202-370-0151

 

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas presents Retrato en Voz Alta: Portraits of Contemporary Mexican Artists by photographer Allan Fis.  This exhibition includes subjects such revered Mexican visual artists as Pedro Friedeberg and José Luis Cuevas, both of whose works are represented in AMA’s collection.

Fis’s photographs turn the lens on artists, representing those who ordinarily are the ones depicting other subjects.  It is an ambitious project that aims at maintaining itself reflected as a resounding portrait of those who have invested themselves in creating and dedicating their entire lives to art.

Allan Fis’s subjects include:
Arnaldo Coen
Arturo Rivera
Betsabé Romero
Feliciano Béjar
Flor Minor
Francisco Castro Leñero
Gabriel Macotela
Gustavo Monroy
Héctor García
Irma Palacios
Javier Marín
Jorge Marín
José Luis Bustamante
José Luis Cuevas
Juan Soriano
Leonora Carrington
Luis Nishizawa
Manuel Felguérez
Paloma Torres
Pedro Friedeberg
Rafael Cauduro
Raúl Anguiano
Ricardo Martínez
Roberto Cortázar
Sebastian