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The Modern Art Museum opens the B. Traven exhibition

June 16, 2016

Concerning the mystery that surrounded B. Traven, whose real name was Bernhard Traven Torsvan, little is known because of the many pseudonyms he used in his life, which opens a chapter for the people of Mexico in order to know him thoroughly.

This personage brings together elements to solve and open new questions about his life, so it is a great opportunity to meet a man of extraordinary talent and his significance in Mexican culture on the twentieth century, Secretary of Culture of the Government of the Republic, Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, said at the opening of the exhibition B. Traven.

B. Traven (Germany, February 23, 1882-Mexico City, 1969) was a writer, a scriptwriter and a photographer who was captivated by Mexico, who understood perfectly the indigenism, the historic structures and its impact on Mexico’s social structures, he added.

 Regarding the documents and pieces that make up the exhibition, Tovar y de Teresa said that beyond seeing the identity and the mysteries that have surrounded the figure of Traven, they let us know an era and a moment of Mexican culture. "He understood the Mexican style from the universal and expressed it in unforgettable works as Macario, La canasta de cuentos mexicanos and Rosa Blanca".

Through 75 books, 183 photographs, 10 manuscripts, 22 personal items, 27 magazines and newspapers, as well as 17 records, the public will see the identity of a person who in his years of anarchism was known as Ret Marut and as a writer signed as Traven, Torsvan, Hal Croves and B. Traven, referring to a second chance in life, for example, the side B.

 Meanwhile, Malú Montes de Oca Luján de Heyman, B. Traven’s daughter in law shared that the artist appreciated his private life and hided from fame, that is why he used different pseudonyms in different periods of his life. He sold 40 million copies and 27 biographies have been written about his figure, she pointed out.

 "He said that we are not defined by a nationality or a passport, but by our individualism and freedom, so now at this stage of my life I dedicate my time to the new generations so that they know his contemporary thinking" she said.

 The B. Traven exhibition is divided into: 1) From Germany to Mexico (1913-1926), 2) The Southeast Exploration (1926-1940) and 3) Chiapas, Acapulco, Mexico City (1941 to 1969), which address the artist’s youth in Germany, his arrival to America, his literary development in Mexico, as well as his photography and film work.

 B. Traven will be from June 16th to October 30th at the Museum of Modern Art, Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec; from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:30 h. Sunday, Free entry.

 

Mexico,Distrito Federal