Arbol II. Las presencias dormidas, 2020; Purépecha textile, strips of leather tanned and dyed, gold leaf, glass eyes, and strips of Otomi manufactured Ámate ritual paper.; 110 1/4” x 30 1/3” x 3” | 280.0 x 77.1 x 7.6 cm; NM003

Los huecos del agua, Recent Indigenous Art from Mexico features artists whose work focuses on the recreation of the present moment and the legacy left behind by Native cultures before Spanish colonizers arrived to present-day Mexico. From their vast backgrounds and their aesthetic and conceptual approaches, a clear criticism emerges towards their forced Hispanicization, the environmental degradation due to the nation’s concessions of land, the annulment of their autonomy, and the racist violence against native people.

Exhibition organized by the Museo Universitario del Chopo
Curated by Itzel Vargas Plata

ARTISTS:

Octavio Aguilar (Santiago Zacatepec, Oaxaca)
Camilo (Chiapas)
Carmen (Chiapas)
César Catsuu López (Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero)
José Chi Dzul (Dzam, Yucatán)
Gersam (Chiapas)
Abraham Gómez (San Juan Chamula, Chiapas)
Gregorio Gómez (Chiapas)
Humberto Gómez Pérez (San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas)
Sabino Guisu (Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca)
Ana Hernández (Tehuantepec, Oaxaca)
Martha López López (San Juan Chamula, Chiapas)
Reyes Joaquín Maldonado Gamboa (Sinanché, Yucatán)
Narsiso Martínez (Santa Cruz Papalutla, Oaxaca)
Noé Martínez (Morelia, Michoacán)
Andy Medina (Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca)
Maruch Méndez (K’atixtik, San Juan Chamula, Chiapas)
Fernando Palma Rodríguez (San Pedro Atocpan, México)
Mauro Pech (Yaxkukul, Yucatán)
Jesús Quintero (Chiapas)
Baldomero Robles Menéndez (San Pedro Cajonos, Villa Alta, Oaxaca)
Rocío (Chiapas)
José Ángel Santiago (Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca)
Maruch Santiz Gómez (San Juan Chamula, Chiapas)
Tomás (Chiapas)
Colectivo de Mujeres Fotógrafas Indígenas: Juana López López (San Juan Chamula, Chiapas)
Tlacolulokos: Darío Canul y Cosijoesa Cernas (Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca)