Every year, the Latin America Department of IESA arts&culture presents, in partnership with the Maison de l’Amérique latine, a series of lectures on Latin American culture.
Christine Frérot, our professor of modern and contemporary Latin American art, will open this new season of L’Œil pense with a critical analysis of the historic Grand Palais exhibition (10/05/2016-01/23/2017) "Mexico 1900-1950, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco and the Avant-Gardes", which will help us understand the creation of a Mexican modernity and its links with the major international movements.
Artists, curators, art historians, art critics, gallery owners and collectors, all bringing diverse perspectives, will be the other speakers at these gatherings, where throughout the year they will present, discuss, analyze and share their experiences.
Led by Grecia Caceres, head of the Latin America department at IESA arts&culture, and Anne Husson, director of cultural activities at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, this series of 9 meetings explores the art of Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is designed as a stroll through current events in this rich scene and cheerfully adopts as its motto the verses of Octavio Paz "The eye thinks / thought sees / the gaze touches", for it is by exalting the senses and blurring the lines that we see further… and closer!
Christine Frérot has just published a wonderful book, Fictions Mexicaines, 38 témoins de l’art du XXe siècle (Riveneuve Éditions), a very personal essay on Mexico through 38 artworks, paintings and prints of the 20th century.
You can find all the lectures and speaker interviews on our YouTube channel.
PROGRAM: Mondays at 19:00 at the Auditorium of the Maison de l’Amérique latine - 217 boulevard Saint Germain 75007 Paris - Free. Reservations at dal@iesa.fr