The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926 - 2011

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  • October 25, 2013 - March 30, 2014 (The Audain Gallery)
  • . In 1949, the Cuban writer and ethno-musicologist, Alejo Carpentier (1904 – 1980), coined the term the “marvellous real” to describe a particular kind of magic realism that is manifest in the arts and everyday life of Latin America. Eluding the expected through bizarre amalgamations, improbable juxtapositions, and fantastic correlations, the marvellous real is, as Carpentier said, “neither beautiful nor ugly; rather, it is amazing because it is strange.” This exhibition features 55 artworks from Mexico that capture the idea of the marvellous real. Drawn from the FEMSA Collection in Mexico, the exhibition includes works by Dr. Atl, Leonora Carrington, Jean Charlot, Juan O’Gorman, Alice Rahon, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan Soriano, and Rufino Tamayo, as well as a younger generation of visual artists like Carlos Amorales, Sandra Cabriada, Claudia Fernández, Adela Goldbard, Yishai Jusidman, Alejandro Santiago and Francisco Toledo. Curated by Dr. Nicola Levell (Assistant Professor, Anthropology, UBC). The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the FEMSA Collection, the Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación International Para el Desarrollo, the Consulado General de México en Vancouver, the Ollin Mexican Canadian Association for Arts, Culture and Education, and the Fundación Alejo Carpentier.

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Exhibition books and catalogues

Series consists of books and catalogues pertaining to exhibitions and collections at the Museum of Anthropology. The following exhibitions and collection are covered by publications within the series:

  • Bodies of Enchantment: Puppets from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas
  • Charles Edenshaw
  • Chinese Art
  • Divine Threads: The Visual and Material Culture of Cantonese Opera
  • Discerning Eye: The Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics
  • Gawa Gyani
  • Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art
  • ひろしま Hiroshima
  • Knowledge Within
  • Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories
  • Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures
  • Luminescence: The Silver of Peru (English)
  • Luminiscencia: La Plata del Perú (Spanish)
  • People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point
  • Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian, and Turkish Artists
  • Savage Graces
  • The H.R. MacMillan Collection
  • The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926 - 2011
  • The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
  • The Potter's Art: Contributions to the Study of the Koerner Collection of European Ceramics
  • The Transforming Image
  • The Walter and Marianne Koerner Collection
  • Theatrum Mundi: Masks and Masquerades in Mexico and the Andes
  • Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
  • Under Different Moons: African Art in Conversation
  • Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art

The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926 - 2011

Subseries consists of records related to the graphic design for the Marvellous Real exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology October 25, 2013 - March 30, 2014. The exhibit was curated by UBC Anthropology professor Nicola Levell.