{"id":223983,"date":"2024-03-18T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=223983"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:32:27","slug":"two-major-exhibits-spotlight-latin-american-design","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/two-major-exhibits-spotlight-latin-american-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Major Exhibits Spotlight Latin American Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cHave a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today,\u201d at the Denver Art Museum from February 18 to November 3, features Esteban Caicedo Cortes\u2019s Palapas. Photography courtesy of Esteban Caicedo Cortes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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March 18, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Two Major Exhibits Spotlight Latin American Design<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In Colorado and New York, Latin America is having a moment. In February, \u201cHave a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today\u201d opened at the Denver Art Museum<\/a> featuring 17 contemporary pieces from the DAM\u2019s permanent collection. There are also historical artworks, underscoring the connection between modern-day Mexico and the country\u2019s ancient and colonial artistic practices; the opportunity for visitors to conceive their own digital chair; and a site-specific installation by Mestiz founder, architect and textile designer Daniel Valero. \u201cThe show and these designers explore the realm where traditions and cultures converge with innovation,\u201d says Jorge Rivas Pe\u0301rez, the museum\u2019s Frederick and Jan Mayer curator of Latin American art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, \u201cCrafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940\u20131980\u201d launches at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan encompassing 110 items from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela that spearheaded the development of modern domestic design in the region. \u201cThrough the study of objects and material culture, a more nuanced vision of Latin America can emerge,\u201d explains guest curator Ana Elena Mallet, who herself is based in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catch These Must-see Works at the Denver Art Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cHave a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today,\u201d at the Denver Art Museum from February 18 to November 3, features works by Esteban Caicedo Cortes\u2019s Palapas, and more. Photography courtesy of Esteban Caicedo Cortes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andre\u0301s Lhima\u2019s Fidencio Sill\u00f3n chair. Photography by Tania V\u00e1zquez, courtesy of Andr\u00e9s Lhima.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Javier Reynaga\u2019s Milo chair. Photography courtesy of Javier Reynaga.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

View Latin American Design Through the Decades at MoMA in New York<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cCrafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940\u20131980,\u201d at the Museum of Modern Art from March 8 through\nSeptember 22, includes a circa 1970 poster of Knoll furniture by Chilean Roberto Matta, its graphic design by Argentines Guillermo Gonz\u00e1lez Ruiz and Roland Shakespear. Photography courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The exhibit also includes Lina Bo Bardi\u2019s 1951 Bowl chair. Photography courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s 1978 Modulo Low table is on display. Photography courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n