Damián Ortega, Escarabajo, 2005. Photo courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

CHICAGO.- Over the last ten years, Mexico City has become a thriving hub of artistic activity. A daring young generation of artists has developed a new vocabulary that embraces non-traditional materials as well as video, photography, and performance, with a love of conceptual art. This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, presents Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City from June 23 to September 2, 2007 to explore the work of these significant and creative young artists.
Unlike recent surveys of Latin American art or regional overviews of art from Mexico, Escultura Social focuses on art that combines popular culture with a conceptual style that can be humorous, macabre, and imaginative in pushing the boundaries of art. This exhibition is not defining a “movement” or looking at a panorama of artists working in Mexico, instead, it includes innovative work made primarily in the last two years that has had a significant impact outside of Mexico by artists who formed a community in Mexico City and have often collaborated on projects together. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=20663&int_modo=1