Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera
Wednesday, 14 September 2011 22:57
It has been almost a year since the Arizona State Museum, 1031 E. University Blvd., opened its exhibition entitled, Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera, which interprets a wide array of Mexican History.
“It has been very successful,” said Diane Dittemore, ethnological collections curator at the Arizona State Museum. “We have had many visitors, and it has been an important contribution to the Year of Mexico celebrations.” Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera is the third exhibition in Arizona State Museum’s Year of Mexico celebrations commemorating the bicentennial of Mexicans Independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution.
The exhibit contains three hundred objects illustrating 3,000 years of varied Mexican histories. People can expect to see objects, such as a Mayan ritual corn vessel, Spanish colonial retablos, Santa Anna's sword and uniform, Maximilian's ring and Carlota's brooch and a sombrero that may well have belonged to Pancho Villa. “We have examples of ancient West Mexico sculptures, and other examples of metal and ceramic items. They are unique, one-of-a-kind items touching on all of the major cultures in Mexico,” said Dittemore.
The exhibition interprets the broad sweep of Mexican history from the perspective of the borderlands—a vast, contested space that was the outer rim of Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian period and later evolved into the northern frontier of Spanish-Indian relations following the conquest of Mexico. The establishment of the international border between the United States and Mexico in the mid-nineteenth century set the stage for a new set of cross-cultural contacts and commercial exchanges.
Since the exhibit is on display for another 14 months, Dittemore said even with so much to see, the special programs related to the exhibit keep people coming back or bringing in newcomers.
“A few weeks ago, we had an illustrated talk by archeologist Homer Theil of Desert Archaeology, Inc., on the excavation of the Mexican-era Leon family farmstead in Downtown Tucson.
This fall, we have more programs with guest speakers, starting with Coffee with the Curators, an informal conversation with one of our curators, Cass Fey, curator of education at UA Center for Creative Photography.” Fey will discusses portraits, still lifes, architecture and landscapes shot in Mexico during the 1920s by renowned American photographer Edward Weston. Coffee with the Curators will continue on the first Wednesday of each month.
Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera runs through Nov. 17, 2012.
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