![]() In this way, the exhibition itself occupies a kind of ‘space between,’ juxtaposed between what is familiar, our preconceived ideas of Latin American art, and the reality and future of this art. The exhibition, like the Halle Collection itself, seeks to broaden the community’s understanding and awareness of Latin American art beyond Mexico. In addition to the piece by Amorales, the exhibition features a wide range of contemporary works created after 1945 that push the limits of what art can be and how the creative process itself can be conceived in expressive, conceptual, or abstract, and ultimately groundbreaking forms. Visitors to the Museum during that period will be able to watch the artist and his small staff of ASU students, Museum interns and Latin American Art Alliance members work on the installation from a series of scaffolds. Amorales will undertake the painstaking process of installing each of the 30,000 paper moths January 22 through February 4. 1970, Mexico) Black Cloud, which will weave its path through the Museum and lead visitors to the exhibition. The exhibition will include works ranging from photography to sculpture, painting to installations, including one of the most striking-the 30,000 paper moths and butterflies that comprise Carlos Amorales’ (b. The Halles’ dedication to building a compelling, impactful collection will come to life in the walls of Steele Gallery. Order, Chaos and the Space Between will be the first large-scale exhibition of the Halle Collection in Arizona, their home state. Works from the collection have been exhibited internationally, and include collection exhibitions in 2007 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and in 2011 at Art Institute of Chicago. Over the course of the next 18 years, the Halles built a collection that is considered among the most significant in the world. The exhibition presents the essence of Latin American art: ever evolving, risk-taking, highly original works that figure prominently in today’s global contemporary art scene.īeginning in 1995, Diane and Bruce Halle, longtime Phoenix residents and supporters of Phoenix Art Museum, began collecting the art of Latin America as a way to both educate themselves in this area and to build greater awareness of this historically undervalued and overlooked region in the art world. It will include more than 50 works from across Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. ![]() ![]() This expansive exhibition of many of the most cutting-edge, contemporary works produced in Latin American today along with works from the post-war period is drawn from the Halle Collection, internationally renowned as one of the most significant collections of art of this region. ![]()
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