23 February - 16 June 2013
Mint Museum Uptown
at Levine Center for the Arts
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Débora Arango (Colombia, 1907-2005)
Justicia / Justice, ca. 1944
Oil on canvas
Collection of Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
Photo: Carlos Tobón
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This special exhibition chronicles the work of Colombian-born painter Débora Arango, who died in 2005 at the age of 98, and who was one of the pioneers of modern Colombian art. Although her work is now considered a “cultural benefit of national interest,” she had to fight against the political conservative elite’s negligence and prejudice throughout her life. The political and social context of her paintings, about the non-official civil war of the 1940s and 1950s, the so-called época de La Violencia (1946-1963), was extremely controversial for its time as she presented any political event in Latin American as sociales (society columns).
Sociales: Débora Arango Arrives Today is made possible through the generous support from Polymer Group Inc. The exhibition is organized by Museo de Arte de Medellín, Colombia, and Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Online Resources on Arango
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Created by Nicole Jacobson, volunteer for The Mint Museum Library