MANUEL CARRILLO

Mi Querido México

MANUEL CARRILLO

Mi Querido México

May 16–November 30, 2014

Stuart A. Ashman, Curator

FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA

COLLECTION

“El Maestro Mexicano,” as he was known by many on both sides of

the border, came to the art of photography later in life with an initial

exhibition of his work in Mexico City at the age of forty-nine in 1955.

Manuel Carrillo created a body of work of over 10,000 prints,

negatives and slides which he left in the care of the University of Texas

at El Paso Library.

Stuart A. Ashman

Curator

MANUEL CARRILLO

1906 Born in Mexico, D.F.

1974 Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes acquires 50 works

1978 Victoria and Albert Museum acquires 20 works

1981 New Orleans Museum of Art acquires 6 works

1989 Dies in Mexico, D.F. at the age of 83.

Boy & Dog Warming Up at Arcade, 1971

Dog Joins the Games at 2nd Base, 1970

Manuel Carrillo worked in Mexico in the middle of the 20th century, a

time in Mexico that witnessed great political changes and social

transformations and a moment in the country’s history when it was

establishing its strong cultural identity.

Carrillo’s work, along with the well- known Manuel Alvarez Bravo,

Tina Modotti and the American photographer Edward Weston, among

others, was a contributing force as to how Mexico saw itself and how the

rest of the world came to perceive that complex country. A bit of the

understanding and empathy for the daily life of the Mexican people

seen in Carrillo’s work would be of great help in how Mexico is

perceived today.

Bent Cross, 1973

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Portrait (Santa Rosa, Guanajuato), 1960

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Home From Church, 1972

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Untitled (Rope Seller)

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Shawl in the Air, 1958

Drunken Barrels – Pulqueria (Toluca), 1970

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Untitled (Street Scene)

Woman & Child From Above, 1961

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Boy Watering Horses, Veracruz, 1956

Untitled (Boy & Dog)

Dogs (Mexico City, D.F., 1975)

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Untitled (Woman & Steer)

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Untitled (Girl Leaning Against the Wall)

Marcela Armas Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015

Project Room Curated by Idurre Alonso

Black Cat (Puerto Vallarta), 1960

Untitled (Woman Cleaning the Street)

Untitled (Girl & Flowers) Untitled (Old Woman & Stairs)

Woman on Park Bench (San Miguel), 1970

Getting Ready for Morning Business, 1970

Feeding the Child, 1963

Untitled (Boy at Church Door)

Untitled (Cat on Tile Roof)

Until Death Do Us Part, 1966