I spent part of the summer studying in Mexico City, and I’m still reflecting on much of what I learned and how it might current studio project. One highlight was the exhibition Angels: Heavenly Hosts on Earth at the Munal. These images are details of the main character depicted standing on the heads of angels. The paintings were beautifully crafted and wonderfully weird, leaving me with an enduring impression: the idea that the virtuous often serve merely as props in someone else’s story.
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| Juan Correa, San Miguel Arcangel, 1690-1710 |
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| Andres Lopez, La Santisima Trinidad |
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| Juan Rodriguez Juarez, The Virgin of Mount Carmel with Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross, 1708 |
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| Nicolas Correa, The Mystic Betrothal of Saint Rose of Lima, 1691 |
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Detail: Luis Lagarto,
The Virgin of the Rosary with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena, 1611 |
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Detail: Manuel Osorio,
The Virgin of Guadalupe with the four Apparitions and the Marian Bastions of Mexico City |
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| Detail: Joaquin Villegas, The Eternal Father Painting the Virgin of Guadalupe |
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| Detail: Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, Altarpiece of the Virgin of Guadalupe with Saint John the Baptist, Friar Juan de Zumarraga, and Saint Juan Diego, 1750 |
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| Detail: Blas De Torres, Mary, Queen of the Angels |
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| Detail: Jose De Paez, The Annunciation, 1780 |
