iMuseo de Arte ModernoBosque de Chapultepec
Revisits two landmark 1990s MAM shows, Lesa Natura (1993) and Acné (1995), in dialogue with young artists on ecology and the contemporary. Sala A.
In 1995 a show of young Mexico City artists was cancelled before it could open in Guadalajara. They put it up anyway at the Baños Venecia, then brought it to the MAM, where regulars were puzzled by its flimsy materials and street-culture references. That show was Acné o el nuevo contrato social ilustrado, and it's back here with Lesa Natura, the MAM's 1993 ecology show.
Eduardo Abaroa's Hombre que cae and a Meteoritos collage by Pablo Vargas Lugo both hung in Acné, and six artists from that generation show recent work beside their old, so you can see what thirty years did. Seven younger artists answer Lesa Natura with projects on forest loss, weather, farming knowledge and land defence. A show named after a teenage skin complaint is back: Acné has outlasted everyone's actual acne.
Lesa Natura comes back through its archive documents, so it suits people who know the 1990s scene. It's in Sala A, included in the 95-peso ticket and free on Sundays.