"The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926-2011" to March 30, 2014

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FEMSA Collection. iv Monterrey FEMSA, Biennale Acquisition Prize, D.R. © Miriam Medrez/2013. Photo: Roberto Ortiz.

"Trayectos (Journeys)"

Miriam Medrez, "Trayectos (Journeys)," 1998, wood, ceramic and sand, 72.8” x 82.7” x 31.5”.

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FEMSA Collection, D.R. © Remedios Varo/somaap/México/2013. Photo: Roberto Ortiz.

"Papilla estelar (Celestial Pablum)"

Remedios Varo, "Papilla estelar (Celestial Pablum)," 1958, oil on masonite, 36” x 24”.

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FEMSA Collection, D.R. © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México D.F. © Reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura 2013. Photo: Roberto Ortiz.

"Mi vestido cuelga aquí (My Dress Hangs Here)"

Frida Kahlo, "Mi vestido cuelga aquí (My Dress Hangs Here)," 1933, oil and collage on masonite, 18” x 20”.

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The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926-2011 features 55 works from Mexico’s FEMSA Collection, including such artists as Leonora Carrington, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo. The show’s title refers to the spirit of magic realism in Latin American culture. As Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier has said, the marvellous real is “neither beautiful nor ugly; rather, it is amazing because it is strange.” Nicola Levell, an anthropology professor at the University of British Columbia, curated the show.

To March 30, 2014 at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.