MALBA

by Mark | Mar 9, 2011 | Deep In It | 1 comment

The search for an expat life will take many people to world-famous San Miquel de Allende, Mexico. The spiritual center of Mexico and a UNESCO World Heritage city where thousands pilgrimage for Holy Week, San Miguel (SMA) is an expat’s mecca, complete with vortexes, art, history, culture, famous people, and a nearly perfect climate.

It was our first stop in a six-year long journey to find a place abroad that we could call home. That journey has not ended but we have discovered much about the places we visited, the people we met, and ourselves.

Along this path, we published an anthology called At Home Abroad: Today’s Expats Tell Their Stories. Hopefully our three-month stay in San Miguel will catapult you, as it did us, into the wonderful world of living at home abroad.

Image of the book At Home Abroad with a link to purchase

We visited the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) today.

The mission statement from the MALBA Web site:

“Its main objectives are to educate the public and arouse their interest in Latin American artists, contributing to the knowledge of Latin American cultural productions promoting the recognition of cultural and artistic diversity of this region, and share responsibility for this effort with the national community and internationally to promote artistic exchange between national, regional and international support innovative programs centered in the visual arts and American culture.”

The inside of this modern building is striking.

Another view…

The work of Grete Stern was the featured exhibit. Here are three of her photos taken from the MALBA Web site and you can see more here.

Bottle of the sea

Grete Stern
Bottle of the sea (Dream No. 5) , 1950
Black and white photo collage on paper
Eduardo F. Collection Costantini, Buenos Aires

On the platform

Grete Stern
On the platform (Dream No. 2) , 1949
Black and white photo collage on paper
19 x 28 cm
Eduardo F. Collection Costantini, Buenos Aires

Flower Child

Grete Stern
Flower Child (Dream No. 11) , 1948
Black and white photo collage on paper
29.5 x 23.5 cm
Eduardo F. Collection Costantini, Buenos Aires

We saw works from Freida Kahlo, Nicola Costantino, Liliana Maresca, Magdalena Jitrik, and Graciela Hasper among others including these…

Diego Rivera. Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna or Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 1915

Alejandro Xul Solar. Pareja, 1923

Rafael Barradas. kiosk ducts (duct’s kiosk), 1918

It was a great start to learning more about Latin American artists.

We decided to walk home about a mile. We passed several parks and plazas along Avenida del Libertador, including the Japanese Gardens which we will visit soon.