Marea H Print

This painting, paired with the identically sized and shaped canvas "¿Patri-money ó logos?," is another commentary on the dicey situation of the cultural authorities in Guadalajara coming up with bizarre plans for "preserving" and funding the always woefully underfunded cultural patrimony of the state. In this case, the scene depicts local film and ranchero music legend Vicente Fernández, posed beneath the José Clemente Orozco murals in the Instituto Cultural Cabañas. In smaller scale we see the then Minister of Culture for the state of Jalisco (of which Guadalajara is the capital), who had made comments about devoting part of that museum to a permanent exhibition honoring the popular musical artist and film star, putting him on the same level with the muralist Orozco (whose murals in the Cabañas institute are the raison d'etre of the institute and which constitute an important part of the state's (and the nation's) cultural patrimony. Alongside the culture minister is a private citizen, an entrepreneur who finagled the purchase of the state-owned Pemex petroleum corporation's engine lubricants division, when it was privatized under president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. This man rented the Cabañas museum for his son's wedding, at the time an event that caused a great deal of media controversy because of the favoritism involved and the questionable private use of public buildings as a source of income-generation. The title of the painting is a play on the word mariachi, the style of music and dress utilized by Vicente Fernández. "Marea" means "tide" or the nausea produced by it ("seasickness") and "H" (pronounced "ah-chay" in Spanish) is a reference to the Honorability that such dubious uses of power call into question...as well as a reference to the unspoken power behind the scenes that can drastically effect the outcomes of situations over which it has influence (much like the letter H, which is unpronounced in Spanish, but whose presence or absence can make a great difference in the meaning between two homophonous terms). This painting was selected for the Alfonso Michel national juried biennial in Colima, Mexico and as part of that exhibition it traveled through several states in western Mexico and to the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in Mexico City. It was reproduced in the biennial's catalogue, as well.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:6 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:11.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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