This Saturday 29 In June, the Proa Foundation will be premiering, with the inauguration of the exhibition “Mirrors of Mexico”, which will have a selection of works by artists Julieta Aranda, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Damián Ortega.

The exhibition will be officially inaugurated at 17 hours and will propose a tour of internationally renowned artists, born in Mexico, and who present works for the first time at the Foundation.

In this way, Fundación Proa will propose through these works to exhibit, debate and study the monumentality in them, as well as the experiences and thoughts that each of them concentrates.

Given the wealth of proposals and methodologies, Each artist is presented with emblematic pieces throughout the four rooms, generating multiple narratives.

“Mirrors of Mexico” brings together a set of works of art that acts by reflecting -as in a mirror-, different aspects of culture, the history, diversity and contemporary perspectives, revealing multiple layers of meaning.

Although the artists share common roots due to their place of origin and training, they have taken different paths.. Abraham Cruzvillegas and Damián Ortega reside in Mexico, but they prove a long career in teaching and working abroad. On the other hand, Julieta Aranda and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer emigrated abroad early developing their artistic practices. On the other hand, Julieta Aranda and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer emigrated abroad early developing their artistic practices.

During the month of August, in dialogue with this presentation, The exhibition of Belgian-Mexican artist Francis Alÿs opens in the PROA21 space, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina. His works stand out for their exhaustive documentation of the lives and customs of Mexican society..

The exhibition can be enjoyed for free at the venue located on Pedro de Mendoza Avenue. 1929.