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They say in every
Oaxacan there is a potential artist. Evident proof of this can be
seen in the number of musicians, artists and sculptors that year after
year drift from the state and into the national art scene. While it
might be worth the trouble to distinguish and circumscribe Oaxacan
art, in fact, some people have desired to label the art of our state
as “Oaxacan School”. However this is not the case for
the vast majority of art critics. One thing that is clear, if there
was a movement as a whole that evidenced certain inalienable characteristics
it was for the simple act of being part of a particular climate: the
roots of tradition.
Each artist followed distinct fundamental processes in order to
develop his art as we can see in such painters as Rodolfo Nieto,
Francisco Toledo, Rufino Tamayo and Rodolfo Morales. To this end,
it is in order to show a quick list of our artists’ contributions
to spatial structuring thus evidencing that reality, while not straying
from the magical and not for which is insufferable as a reality
born in a global setting, we suggest the following galleries in
order to appreciate it and, possibly, to purchase a piece.
In first place is the gallery Arte de Oaxaca located at 105 Murguía
where you can appreciate the most represented of the current works
of Oaxacan artists as well as those from other latitudes and it´s
perhaps one of the spaces that do better job of selecting their
exhibits because of the chronological inventories of the art of
notable Oaxacan artists as well as those from other Mexican states.
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One space that has gained recognition for the quality
of the artists whose works are exhibited on its walls is the gallery
and bodega Quetzalli located at 104 Constitución and 400
Murguía, respectively. Equally interesting, are the galleries
Indigo at 104 Allende and La Mano Mágica at 203 Macedonio
Alcalá. The workshop and gallery Epicentro is at Murguía
and Av. Juárez. We can also find very interesting pieces
in the gallery Arte Mexicano located across from Santo Domingo at
407 Alcalá or at Punto y Línea at Reforma 406.
Tierra
Quemada, Labastida 115-2, especializes in contemporary
designs in ceramic.
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