Mexican Contemporary Art Scene in Peeping Tom's Digest #2: Mexico
Dedicated to the Mexican contemporary art scene, this second issue of Peeping Tom's Digest presents 50 artists and art initiatives through articles and interviews conducted by some of the most prominent Mexican art figures: art historians, critics, curators, artists, galleries ´owners, collectors...etc.
Peeping Tom’s Digest is an experimental and subjective publication dedicated to contemporary art. Each issue focuses on trends and movements of a particular geographic area and highlights the artists and initiatives represented within it. The point of departure for each edition is a residency of the Peeping Tom collective lasting several months in the chosen city, region or country. Deliberately empirical, without critical, theoretical or historical pretensions, its approach allows them to veer off the beaten path. Not only sharing the work, the artists, and the artistic and cultural efforts they encountered, each volume also aims to reveal the specificity of a depicted art scene: the curatorial process and the structure of the magazine (graphic design, format, number of pages and so on) varies from issue to issue reflecting the characteristics and stakes of each locale. The genealogy of the experiment and its numerous protagonists are showcased in the publication as an inserted poster.
Peeping Tom stayed in Mexico from October through December 2009. Their search for talent began in Mexico City through a progressive and systematic following of initial and ongoing recommendations of people to meet and places to visit, and then onward to Guadalajara and Oaxaca. This second issue showcasing Mexico includes a selection of fifty artists, art agents and initiatives representative of Peeping Tom’s undertaking. A discursive format was adopted for this issue with language and conversation being the main vehicle of the collective’s understanding and enlightenment during their exploration. This publication is composed of interviews, critical studies, essays, creative writings and informal conversations, conducted by twenty-five key figures (critics, art historians, curators, gallerists, collectors and artists, among other individuals) who substantially contribute to the dynamism and growth of the Mexican art scene.
Contributors and authors
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Adriana Lara, Alejandro Almanza, André Pahl, Begoña Morales, Carlos Amorales, Carmen Cebreros Urzaiz, Cesar Cervantes, Charro Negro Galeria, Chloé Fricout, Curro y Poncho Galeria, Cynthia Gutiérrez, Daniela Pérez, Demián Flores, Edgar Cobián, Eduardo Sarabia, Eva Svennung, Gaga Arte Contemporáneo: Fernando Mesta, Galería de Arte Mexicano: Mariana Pérez Amor and Alejandra Reygadas de Yturbe, Gerardo Alberto Lammers, Geovanna Ibarra, Guillermo Fricke, Guillermo Santamarina, Jessica Berlanga Taylor, Jorge Munguía Matute , Jorge Sosa, José León Cerrillo, José Luis Cortés, José Noe Suro, Kurimanzutto, LABOR: Pamela Echeverría, Macarena Hernández, Marcela Armas, Mariana Munguía Matute, Mercedes Nasta de la Parra, Michel Blancsubé, Miguel Calderón, Oficina Para Proyectos De Arte (OPA): Gonzalo Lebrija, José Davila and Fernando Palomar, Orlando Jimenez, Patricia Martin, Patrick Charpenel, PETRA: Montserrat Albores and Pablo Sigg, Pip Day, Proyectos Monclova: José García, Ricardo Alzati, Silverio, SOMA, Tania Pérez Córdova, Tercerunquinto, Yoshua Okon...etc.
Additional contributions by: Antonio O’Connell, Antonio Vega Macotela, Bruno Ruiz, Carlos Ranc, Claudia de la Torre, Cynthia Gutiérrez, Daniel Monroy, Diego Teo, Edgardo Aragón, El Resplandor, Emanuel Tovar, Fernando Etulain, Fernando Palomar, Francis Alÿs, Francisco Ugarte, Gustavo Artigas, Hector Zamora, Humberto Duque, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Jorge Méndez Blake, Jorge Satorre, José Dávila, José Pérez López , José Rojas, La Vitrina, Mario Garcia Torres, Omar Gámez, Pablo López Luz, Pablo Sigg, Pablo, Vargas Lugo, Raul Ortega Ayala, Susana Rodríguez... and more.
This publication was made possible thanks to the generous support of: El Mojado, El Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo A.C. (PAC), Fundación/Colección Jumex and ARTE actions culturelles.
The editors thank their partners: American Apparel (Los Angeles), Art Basel (Basel and Miami Beach), Art Forum Berlin (Berlin), Arts of Mena (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Chic by Accident (Mexico City), Código (Mexico City), FIAC (Paris), Janvier (Paris), Le Book (Paris), Milagrito (Mexico City), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Paris), Museo Amparo (Puebla), Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City), Oficina para Proyectos de Arte - OPA (Guadalajara), Zona MACO (Mexico City).
