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Despite a tornado in Brooklyn and rain in Manhattan the September 16th opening reception for the Paul Strand in Mexico Exhibition as well as the En Foco curated Mexico + Afuera: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American Voices and Selections from En Foco’s Permanent Collection at the Aperture Gallery and Bookstore was a terrific success. Guests were served margaritas and cold Dos Equis, provided by the Mexican Cultural Institute and there was a great turn out of photographers, friends, family and enthusiasts. In addition to the exhibitions on view at Aperture a satellite exhibition Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio featuring twenty gravure plates by Strand is on view at the Bronx Museum. To celebrate, this weekend the Bronx Museum of the Arts is hosting Family Affair: Viva La Vida with family-friendly music, food, and more to help kids learn about this historical happening. Activities and exhibition tours are also to take place.

For more pictures from the event check out Aperture’s facebook album.

Paul Strand in Mexico
On View at Aperture Gallery September 9th – November 13th, 2010

Mexico + Afuera: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American Voices and Selections from En Foco’s Permanent Collection
Exhibition on view: September 16-October 21 2010

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th St, 4th floor
New York, New York

Also on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, presented by Aperture
Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio
September 9th, 2010 – January 2nd, 2011

Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York

A Paul Strand in Mexico symposium will take place on October 15–16, 2010. There, James Krippner, author and co-curator of Paul Strand in Mexico, will bring together a distinguished group of international scholars and practitioners from Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to discuss Strand’s output during his sojourn in Mexico in the context of Latin-American modernism, revolutionary politics and film of the 1930s, Mexican-American identity, and other topics. Screenings of the newly restored versions of the classic Strand films Redes and Manhatta (1921), and a viewing of the José Clemente Orozco murals at the New School—the only public commission by a Mexican muralist remaining in New York City—will take place as part of the symposium events.

Photo by Paul Strand

Tonight September 16, 2010,  Aperture joins in celebrations to commemorate the bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence with opening receptions for both Paul Stand in Mexico and in collaboration with En Foco, Mexico + Afuera: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American Voices.

Aperture is proud to present Paul Strand in Mexico the exhibition, taking place in two parts, at the Aperture Gallery and at the Bronx Museum, and the accompanying publication, bringing together exquisitely printed infamous and unpublished images, documents, personal notes and film from this poignant period in the famed photographer’s life.

Paul Strand first visited Mexico in 1932 at the invitation of Carlos Chavez, the eminent Mexican composer and conductor. Strand’s sojourn in Mexico, was a time of great creative renewal for the artist-one of intense productivity, and the development of a method of working that would become the foundation of his subsequent endeavors: collective portraits of other lands.

Click here to be notified when the publication becomes available!

Paul Strand in Mexico
On View at Aperture Gallery September 9th – November 13th, 2010
Opening Reception Thursday, September 16th, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Also opening this evening is  En Foco: Mexico + Afuera: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American Voices which explores—via the work of photogrpahers Chuy Benitez, Dulce Pinzon, and Monica Ruzansky—how life and culture are enmeshed. Selections from En Foco’s Permanent Collection will also be on view encompassing work from the past four decades from Chicano, Mexican-American, and Mexican artists.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th St, 4th floor
New York, New York

Also on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, presented by Aperture
Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio
September 9th, 2010 – January 2nd, 2011

Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York

A Paul Strand in Mexico symposium will take place on October 15–16, 2010. There, James Krippner, author and co-curator of Paul Strand in Mexico, will bring together a distinguished group of international scholars and practitioners from Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to discuss Strand’s output during his sojourn in Mexico in the context of Latin-American modernism, revolutionary politics and film of the 1930s, Mexican-American identity, and other topics. Screenings of the newly restored versions of the classic Strand films Redes and Manhatta (1921), and a viewing of the José Clemente Orozco murals at the New School—the only public commission by a Mexican muralist remaining in New York City—will take place as part of the symposium events.

Paul Strand in Mexico is coproduced by Aperture Foundation and Televisa Foundation. Paul Strand in Mexico is made possible by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico; National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius; Tinker Foundation; Mexican Cultural Institute of New York; and The John B. Hurford ’60 Humanities Center at Haverford College.

Photo by Paul Strand

This fall Aperture Foundation is pleased to present the Paul Strand in Mexico exhibition and catalog of Strand’s renowned photographs made in Mexico. On the occasion of the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence and the Centennial of its Revolution, this work by one of the great modern masters provides a unique and important photographic portrait of a critical moment from Mexico’s history.

The Paul Strand in Mexico exhibition opening September 9th at Aperture’s gallery will run in conjunction with a satellite exhibit at the Bronx Museum of Art, bringing together vintage prints, stills from Strand’s classic film Redes and previously unseen documents related to the work. In addition a small group show of contemporary Chicano, Mexican and Mexican-American photographers curated by En Foco’s Miriam Romais will be on view in Aperture’s project room.

A catalog co-published by Aperture and Televisa Foundation, to be released in October,  will make public the complete photographic works made by Strand during his 1932-34 trip to Mexico as well as a second journey in 1966. In addition to 234 photographs from the Strand archive, the book will feature in-depth, scholarly text by Author James Krippner, an essay by Mexican photo-historian Alfonso Morales and additional texts by Katherine Ware, Leo Hurwitz, David Alfaro Siqueros, and Anthony Montoya.

Paul Strand in Mexico
On view at Aperture Gallery September 9th – November 13th, 2010
Opening reception Thursday, September 16th, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Also at Aperture, in collaboration with En Foco: Mexico + Afuera: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American Voices and Selections from En Foco’s Permanent Collection

Also on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, presented by Aperture
Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio
September 9th, 2010 – January 2nd, 2011

Other Events Include:

A symposium organized by Aperture in association with and supported by The John B. Hurford ’60 Humanities Center at Haverford College will take place on October 15 and 16, 2010, includingScreenings of the newly restored versions of the classic Strand films Redes and Manhatta (1921), participants include John Mraz (Mexico), and Mike Weaver (UK), among others.

Family program: Bronx Museum, Saturday, September 25, 1:00-4:00 pm

Laura Daydreaming by Groana Melendez

EnFoco, the non-profit organization who’s mission is to support photographers of diverse cultures, and whom have featured in exhibition or publication work by such artists as Hank Willis Thomas, Dawoud Bey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, 2009 Aperture portfolio prize runner-up Keliy Anderson-Staley and countless more, is having a summer cocktail party and auction to benefit En Foco’s programs. Refreshments and food will served and limited edition prints by such artist’s as Phyllis Galembo and Martin Weber will be available for purchase through silent auction.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets in advance!

En Foco Portfolio Review Session 2008, © Miriam Romais

En Foco
1738 Hone Avenue
Bronx, New York
(718) 931–9311

En Foco is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary fine art and documentary photographers from mainly South American, Asian, and African heritage. Join them for a list of exciting events including portfolio reviews, artist talk and a free workshop.

Saturday, June 13
Artist Talk at Calumet Photo in NYC.
The artists participating in En Foco’s exhibition New Works #12 give a lecture about their work. With Karen Garrett de Luna, Isabelle Lutterodt, and Morgan M. Ford.

Saturday, June 20
Portfolio Review Sessions
Sign up now for En Foco’s Portfolio Review Sessions, at Calumet Photo in NYC.

Wednesday, June 24
Cocktail Benefit Party
En Foco celebrates its 35th Year with a Cocktail Benefit Party for friends and artists surrounded by the works in The New Work #12 exhibition.

Wednesday, June 24
Photo Competition People/Places/Things
Submit your work for the International Photo Competition celebrating En Foco’s 35 Anniversary.

Thursday, July 9
FREE Workshop: Get your Foot in the Door: Tips for submitting your work.

Friday, July 31
New Works #13 Call Entries Deadline
En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards Fellowship selects three prospective artists and provides the opportunity and infrastructure needed for national visibility, and an exhibition of their new work.

Image: © Kesha Bruce, Sweet Sisters #1, from En Foco’s New Works #11

New Works #12
En Foco‘s New Works Photography Awards is an annual program selecting U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, and Native American heritage through a national call for entries.

New Works acts as a creative incubator, enabling artists to create/complete an in-depth, photographic series exploring themes of their choice, and providing the infrastructure for a professional exhibition of their new work in the New York area.

Deadline: July 7, 2008

Juror: Deborah Willis, Curator, Author, Photographer and Chair of the Photo & Imaging Dept at NYU/TISCH

Click here for more information

New Yorks #11 is on view through July 5 at El Taller Boricua Galleries