Un arte sin tutela2018

One of the most important initiatives that ultimately transformed artistic practice in Mexico was the Salón Independiente. This event yielded the possibility of group organization that would both generate collective, experimental projects and strengthen resistance against the established order. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 student movement, we present Un arte sin tutela: Salón Independiente en México 1968-1971 (Art without Guardinaship: The Salón Independiente in Mexico, 1968-1971), curated by Pilar García. Drawn from research into various archives, it seeks to present a historiographical account that documents and reconstructs the three exhibitions organized by the Salón Independiente between 1968 and 1971, as a key moment of artistic transformation in Mexico. The Salón...