04 de Apr 2017 - 09 de Jul 2017
This exhibition proposed a review of the different ways in which melancholy was represented in the arts, mainly in the plastic produced in Mexico between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 21st century. This exhibition allowed the reflection on the way in which affection and human passions have been symbolized in the viceregal, modern and current art.
Divided into four sections, this exhibition provided different theoretical perspectives that allowed the appreciation of the works of various artistic periods. It also assessed the emotional charge that suggests both the themes represented in them, as well as the plastic resources with which they were captured. Thus, we presented 130 artworks that reconstructed the distinct ways in which melancholy, as a classic motif in the history of art, was represented in Mexican art and, at the same time, enabled emotional approaches to discomfort and melancholy wit.