EUGENE, Ore. -- (June 2, 2017) – The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, located on the University of Oregon campus, presents the exhibition “Mírame Bien: Portraits of Mexico by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston,” on view from June 7, 2017, to January 21, 2018.
The exhibition offers an intimate look at the work of three master photographers in Mexico in the 1920s and ‘30s. “Mírame Bien,” which means “Take a Good Look at Me,” investigates the shifting identities of “insider” and “outsider” roles affecting images of people, places and things.
Attracted to the cultural renaissance happening in post-revolutionary Mexico, American artists Edward Weston and Paul Strand traveled south for new beginnings and artistic inspiration. While in Mexico City, they met Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and their interactions together helped shape the way they saw and captured the world around them.
Organized by Cheryl Hartup, Associate Curator of Academic Programs and Latin American Art, “Mírame Bien” is a continuation of the topics explored in the current exhibitions of “Cuba Ocho” and “Diálogos,” both of which explore the museum’s growing collection of art from Latin American and the Caribbean.
“Like ‘Cuba Ocho’ and ‘Diálogos,’ the works in ‘Mírame Bien’ fuse the present and the past, the specific and the infinite,” says Hartup. “They explore internal and external perceptions and emphasize the importance of cross-cultural exchanges.”
“Mírame Bien” features ten works from the JSMA’s collection, including gelatin silver prints by Weston, platinum prints by Álvarez Bravo, and a selection of photogravures from Strand’s “The Mexican Portfolio,” a recent museum acquisition.
About the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
The University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is a premier Pacific Northwest museum for exhibitions and collections of historic and contemporary art. The mission of the museum is to enhance the University of Oregon’s academic mission and to further the appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts for the general public. The JSMA features significant collections galleries devoted to art from China, Japan, Korea, Europe, and the Americas as well as changing special exhibition galleries. The JSMA is one of seven museums—and the only academic art museum-- in Oregon accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is located on the University of Oregon campus at 1430 Johnson Lane. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens. Free admission is given to ages 18 and under, JSMA members, college students with ID, and University of Oregon faculty, staff and students. For information, contact the JSMA, 541-346-3027
Contact: Debbie Williamson Smith, 541-346-0942, debbiews@uoregon.edu
Links: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, http://jsma.uoregon.edu
