16 de Mar 2010 - 30 de May 2010
Paraíso recobrado. Escenario rural del arte mexicano was an opportunity to offer to the public a selection of artworks that have reflected on the representation of the rural life, the fruits given to us by earth, the allegories of national fertility and the austerity of country people livelihood. This exhibition was divided into different sections: El campo como emblema, Otra mirada al campo, Naturaleza viva, Los frutos de la tierra. Apetito visual, Epígono, Tamayo continuidades.
The objective of the Museo Nacional de Arte was to propose a reflection on the construction of the countryside as an emblem and as an identity symbol. Thanks to the landscapes inherited by José María Velasco, part of our country’s visual narrative had a leading thematic base. Disseminate, celebrate, give transcendence, value what we possess and insist on the motifs of identity were the facts that made that part of the pictorial and sculptural production chose the nationalist path, revaluing the agricultural and craft work as part of a modern artistic sensibility