Art Histories Travelling Seminar
Fri 17 Feb 2017 – Wed 01 Mar 2017

Aesthetic Practices and Geographies of Time in Central Mexico

From Pre-Columbian Cultures to Early Colonialism, Modernity and the Contemporary

Monte Albán, archaeological site, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality, Oaxaca. (photo: Art Histories)
Monte Albán, archaeological site, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality, Oaxaca. (photo: Art Histories)

The Travelling Seminar was organized by Hannah Baader and Gerhard Wolf (both KHI in Florenz and Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin) in collaboration with David H. Colmenares (Columbia University/ CAHIM Fellow, KHI/ SMB) and Sanja Savkic (Art Histories Fellow 2016/17). 

Guest scholars were Clara Bargellini (UNAM), Peter Krieger (UNAM), Nicole Hughes (Columbia University), Alfonso Alfaro  (ITESO - Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara), Johannes Neurath (Museo Nacional de Antropología) and others

The travelling itinerary included visits to Mexico City, Teotihuacán, Puebla, Cholula, Oaxaca, Monte Alban and sites along the way.

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Feline sculpture, sala Flora y Fauna, Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Installation Xipe Totec (Thomas Glassford) at the Centro Cultural Universitario, Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows studying the Statue of Aztec goddess Coatlicue at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Museo Nacional de Antropoligía Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows and teams at the Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Hannah Baader and Márton Orosz with Eduardo Terrazas in his studio (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows with Hannah Baader and Gerhard Wolf (both KHI in Florenz and Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin) and Peter Krieger (UNAM) at the Ciudad Universitaria UNAM (photo: Art Histories)
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Art Histories Fellow Peter H. Christensen in front of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows and teams in front of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Frida Kahlo's studio at the Casa Azul in Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
Avenue of the Dead in Teotihuacan (photo: Art Histories)
Depictions of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the Teotihuacán Tourist Market (photo: Art Histories)
Clara Bargellini Cioni (UNAM-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in front of the Catedral Basílica de Puebla (photo: Art Histories)
Ex-convent of Santo Domingo in Oaxaca (photo: Art Histories)
Dominican Route, State of Oaxaca (photo: Art Histories)
Corposanto de Santa Felicitas at the Sagrario Metropolitano in Mexico City (photo: Art Histories)
A mixtec funerary mask from grave No. 7 at the Monte Alban Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, Santo Domingo in Oaxaca (photo: Art Histories)
Mitla, archeological site, municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla (photo: Art Histories)
Fiesta in San Juan Teposcolula (photo: Art Histories)
Blue and red corn at the exhibition Soberanía Alimentaria at Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (photo: Art Histories)
At the Museo Textil de Oaxaca with the Director Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano and Hannah Baader (KHI in Florenz and Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin) (photo: Art Histories)
At the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco, with curator James Oles and artist Thomas Glassford ( Installation Xipe Totec) (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows with David Colmenares (Columbia University/ CAHIM Fellow, KHI/ SMB), Nicole Hughes (Columbia University) and Alfonso Alfaro (ITESO - Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara) at the Catedral de Tepotzotlán (photo: Art Histories)
The Art Histories and CAHIM Fellows with Hannah Baader and Gerhard Wolf (both KHI in Florenz and Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin) and Peter Krieger (UNAM) at the Espacio Escultórico de la UNAM (Mathias Goeritz, Helen Escobedo, Manuel Felguérez, Hersúa, Federico Silva und Sebastián 1979) (photo: Art Histories)

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