Until next June 8, the Fundación Casa de Mexico within the framework of ARCO, presents for the first time in Spain the Jumex Collection, one of the most important collections of contemporary art in Latin America.
We were happy and didn’t know is an evocative portrait of one of the most vibrant stages of contemporary art in Mexico. The exhibition shows the work of twenty-eight artists, some Mexican by birth and others by decision. 65 works of video, installation, photography and sculpture are on display.
Ixel Rion Lora’s curatorial discourse aims to offer the visitor a reading of contemporary art in Mexico in the nineties, covering almost two decades of production, from the mid-nineties to the first ten years of the new millennium. Proposes a tour in tribute to the youthful debauchery that led to artistic creation in the urban fabric of Mexico.
The exhibition is divided into five nuclei that cover thematic axes of great importance during the 1990s for the development of contemporary art in Mexico: the city, space, social context, identity and material. The exercise of bringing together work that covers almost twenty years of production is for the viewer a visual change in the transition experienced.
The Jumex Contemporary Art Foundation was created to promote production, discussion and knowledge around contemporary art and to generate innovative ways of promoting art and culture. The foundation was formally established in 2001, with the invaluable support of Eugenio López Rodea and Isabel Alonso de López, when it presented the first sample of the Jumex Collection, which currently has more than 3,300 works.
In 2013, the Jumex Museum was opened as a result of the efforts of the Jumex Foundation for Contemporary Art, promoted by the collector and entrepreneur Eugenio López Alonso. Located in Mexico City, the Jumex Museum is one of the most prominent spaces for contemporary art in Latin America.
