Luis Barragán: A Legacy. New Works Undressing the Mexican Soul

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Museo de las Americas

861 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO
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Denver’s Latin American Art Museum, Museo de las Americas (Museo), located in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe, presents a new collective exhibition, Luis Barragán: a Legacy. New Works Undressing the Mexican Soul. Curated by Artemio García Uribe from Guadalajara, MX, this exhibition will celebrate the legacy of one of the most iconic and well-known Mexican architects of the 20th century. 

Barragán’s visionary work influenced an entire generation of architects and artists, and still today his work continues to be a major inspiration. With this exhibit, Museo de las Americas will explore how his influence has manifested in the work of 5 Mexican artists whom through painting, art installation and art objects, will create a mosaic of interpretations of what Barragán and his works mean to them. 

Carine De Limelette, Karla de Lara, Luis Alfonso Villalobos, Carlos Vargas Pons and Jorge Jurado are the artists featured in the exhibition. Museo will bring international talent to Denver that will help build a contemporary vision of the impact of Barragan’s legacy in Mexico. These artists together will bring an aesthetic experience like no other. 

Barragán made a statement with his particular chromatic choices in his innovative buildings, and that people, with time, would assimilate as part of the Mexican culture. He designed spaces that felt like paintings, creating art in architecture in a colorful palette. “His architectural designs resemble a natural beauty reached through honoring his culture and traditions. Barragán’s works embodied and redefined the concept of Mexicanidad” says Claudia Morán. The site is a very important element in his work. His aesthetics combines architecture, art and landscaping, creating an artistic language that speaks to the people and that questions the barriers of artistic disciplines. 

When designing a building, Barragán’s creative process was like that of an artist, it seemed more fluid and organic; adding, subtracting, changing and testing possibilities until that dialog with the creative capacity of the space and its aesthetics is culminated. A process that allowed him to create masterpieces that now serve as inspiration to younger generations of creatives like the ones to be featured in Museo’s exhibit. 

Museo de las Americas invites visitors to get to know Barragán’s legacy through the lens of artists that have been influenced by his works and aesthetics. 

Luis Barragán: a Legacy. New Works Undressing the Mexican Soul will be on view from Thursday, October 13, 2022 to Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Museo. 

On November 16, 2022 and January 26, 2023 there will be a film screening of The Proposal, directed by conceptual artist Jill Magid, which follows her efforts to make Barragán's archives publicly accessible.

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