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As part of FOTOMÉXICO 2017
Peru at the early 20th century is presented in an outstanding way at the Tamayo Museum
December 13, 2017Extraordinary photographs that portray remains, walls, landscapes, streets, temples, convents, cathedrals, houses, squares, altars, baths and Peru’s daily life at the early 20th century make up the exhibition Martín Chambi and his contemporaries that is on display until February 18, 2018 at the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo.
The exhibition is part of the schedule of the Second Edition of the International Photography Festival FOTOMÉXICO 2017 and is made up of 113 photographs from the Jan Mulder Collection taken between 1910 and 1958.
It is an exhibition that compares looks between the Peruvian photographer Martín Chambi and his contemporaries: Luigi Doménico Gismondi, Eugene Harris, Irving Penn, Pierre Verger, Werner Bischof and Herbert Kirchhoff, who worked in Cuzco and the Altiplano during Chambi's lifetime, without any documentation that they have known him.
The formation process of the image of Peru and the Meseta Collao as the heart of South America becomes evident in such comparison; how photographers reported in person, from the present, the Andean culture and Martín Chambi was one of the greatest exponents and representative figure of 20th century photography in Latin America.
The public will find photographs full of textures, volumes, movement, backlighting and dynamic perspectives that capture the spiritual and banal, urban and rural, sadness and joy, that is, a new and unifying look at Peru that Martin Chambi made from documenting the remains of Inca civilization and the daily life of Andean communities.
Thus, fires, dawn, mountains, valleys, volcanoes, architecture and animals are mixed with portraits of women, children, men and the elderly playing instruments, weaving, dancing, laughing, watching the sky or a sunset, reading, praying and talking.
Among the works that the public will find are: Incendio en la Cumbre de Huayna Picchu (1928), Tristeza Andina (1933), Vista panorámica de la fortaleza de Sacsahuamá (1920-1930), El Indio y su llama (1925-26), La Cruz Congreso Eucarístico (1920-30), Claustros de La Merced (1920-30) and Arcos coloniales (1920-30) by Martín Chambi.
In addition to Peruvian flutist (1954) by Eugene Harris, View of Cuzco (1958) by Herbert Kirchhoff, Father on his knees with girl seated (1948) by Irving Penn, The Inca on the Throne (1910) by Luigi Domenico Gismondi, Fiesta Santiago (1941-46) by Pierre Verger and On the Road to Cuzco (1954) by Werner Bischof.
Martín Chambi and his contemporaries is exhibited at the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo located in Paseo de la Reforma 51, corner Gandhi, Colonia Bosque de Chapultepec, delegation Miguel Hidalgo. Visits from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 hours. Tickets: $60. Free admission for children under 12, students, teachers and senior citizens with valid credentials. Sunday free entrance to all public.
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