Curatorial Statement
Lady Bird Johnson once said “art is the window to (the) soul”, the overall goal of this exhibit is to connect people to José Clemente Orozco artwork. His artwork demonstrates and explains the struggle of Mexican peasants and working class had to face during the post-revolutionary period. The Mexican peasants and working class had to face loss, death, and hardship.
José Orozco was one of the most influential Mexican artists that had impactful work. Therefore, the vision of the exhibit is to display the artwork so it can educate the public on Mexican history. As well, it will allow the audience to understand the importance art has to connecting people to the past. The theme of the exhibit is to express and explain the self-identity of Mexican peasants and the working class.
The arrangement of the exbibit first starts off with a synopsis of who José Clemente Orozco is and what his life was like. It explains where he was born, how he became an artist and the impact of what inspired him to create artwork. The second page explains the history and the cause of the Mexican Revolution. It gives a brief description and states the “important” point of the revolution. Then next pages go further into depth of his work and the themes that are presented in them. For instance, the artwork focuses on war, family, community, and landscape that occured during the revoltuion. All of the themes connect by explaining the lives and hardships of Mexicans had to face and endure. In conclusion, the goal of this exhibit is to connect people to the past of Mexican life, to show the struggle they had to face.