Mónica Mayer: When in Doubt…Ask, a Retrocollective Exhibit, 06 Feb 2016 — 29 Jul 2016
Exhibitions

Mónica Mayer: When in Doubt…Ask, a Retrocollective Exhibit

Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo – MUAC, Insurgentes Sur 3000, Centro Cultural Universitario, Delegación Coyoacán

The first retrospective of Mónica Mayer’s work, on show at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo – MUAC, emphasizes the collaborative nature of the Mexican artist, critic, and activist’s forty-year feminist art practice. Highlighting her engagements with such coconspirators as Victor Lerma and Maris Bustamante, the show will also underscore the importance of Mayer’s dialogue with north-of-the-border associates Suzanne Lacy and the members of Los Angeles’s Feminist Studio Workshop and Woman’s Building.

Mayer made a habit of preserving so-called ephemeraas a political act, a refusal to let minor histories be erased or forgotten, and archival documents will here be exhibited alongside sixty-seven works in a range of media. Ambitiously, the interactive installations “El tendedero” (The Clothesline), 1978/2016, and “Justicia y democracia”, 1995/2016, will be reactivated. A catalogue with contributions by Griselda Pollock and Amelia Jones, among others, promises to shed light on the space Mayer carved out for feminism and art in Mexico.

Contacts & Details
OPENING:
wed, fri, sun 10:00 am – 6:00 pm; thu, sat 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

CLOSING DAYS:
mon, tue

T: +52 55 5622 6972
M: informes@muac.unam.mx
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Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo – MUAC, Insurgentes Sur 3000, Centro Cultural Universitario, Delegación Coyoacán

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