For it, the artists received small strips of paper money from family G bills that resulted from cutting surplus sheets on which they are printed, these residues are called refinements. They also received maculatura that, according to what was detailed by Banxico, are fragments of paper money that are obtained from the shredding of pieces that do not comply with quality control.
In addition, they were provided with a sheet of cotton paper in the shape of an accordion or eight-sided screen and that together with other materials such as paint, fabrics, leather, among others that they used at the time of intervention, resulted in 45 pieces with various images referring to the country. and which also gave rise to the name of the temporary exhibition “Desdoblamientos”, which can be enjoyed at the Banco de México Museum from March 31.
During the tour you will be able to observe images referring to the organic, anthropological, and graphic thematic axes, so the artists depicted President Benito Juárez, the painter Frida Kahlo, the axolotl, cocoa, the guachimontones, an archaeological site located in Jaliscoand made by the painter Berta Kolteniuk, who assured in a press conference that it is very interesting to see how each artist expresses himself with the same materials in a different way.
“They gave me a bag with the refining rolled up and when I saw it, I loved it! And I did not unroll them, but the roll gave me the idea of u200bu200bvolume, and I began to lift it. I began to model so that a mound would be made and I remembered the round pyramids that are in Jalisco, which are called guachimontones. It is an archaeological site that has been partially discovered…, it has many implications, a lot of history, and it is part of our landscape, of our culture,” explained the artist from Mexico City.
Within the exhibition the question of personal finances is also present. This was detailed by the visual artist Miguel Rodríguez Sepúlveda, creator of the piece with the phrase: “Even if you have 99 cents, you still don’t have a peso.”
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Piece by the artist Berta Kolteniuk.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Piece in the exhibition “Unfoldings”
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Piece that is part of the temporary exhibition “Desdoblamientos”.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Artistic piece that is part of the temporary exhibition at the Banxico Museum.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Piece that refers to cocoa, an element of nature taken as a bargaining chip in pre-Hispanic culture.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Piece by the artist Miguel Rodríguez Sepúlveda.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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the artist Berta Kolteniuk next to her work created with the remains of banknotes.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Work that is part of the 45 pieces of “Desdoblamientos”, and that were made with remains of paper money.
Photo: Dolores Luna
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Work that is part of the 45 pieces of “Desdoblamientos”, and that were made with remains of paper money.
Photo: Dolores Luna
“It has been an experience that at first it was hard for me to start, but finally having the materials in my hands and with the point of view with which I approached my projects, I not only finished the piece that is being presented here, but also a series of works with which I am working and that will soon be shown in an exhibition that reviews 20 years of my work”, said the artist from Tamaulipas.
The poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the Metropolitan Cathedral in CDMX, the monarch butterfly, the flamingos, the jaguar, the painter Diego Rivera, codices, abstract images, geometric figures, strips of paper that shape 500-peso billseven the cocoa that was used as currency by pre-Hispanic cultures, are also part of the temporary exhibition.
There are also pieces that allude to the geometric and the abstract, such as the lines of cities, buildings, as well as the economy and daily interaction.