For the first time in Mexico, Marta Minujín brings her irreverent, playful, and politically charged universe to kurimanzutto.
The exhibition Living in Art showcases a career that has redefined the relationship between monuments, daily life, and artistic practice.
For international travelers seeking cultural depth, this show reveals how one of Latin America’s most iconic artists challenges power structures while celebrating the intersection between art and life.
The Obelisk laid down: Subverting power symbols
At the center of the exhibition stands The Lying Obelisk (1978), a landmark piece from Minujín’s series The Fall of Universal Myths.
A horizontal replica of Buenos Aires’ most famous monument, this work invites visitors to walk through its interior, where video installations reconstruct a fictional journey of the obelisk from Argentina to São Paulo.
By bringing down this vertical icon, Minujín dismantles the narratives of authority and exposes the falocentric logic embedded in public monuments.
Mattresses: From intimacy to collective memory
Another axis of Living in Art is the series of painted mattresses that Minujín has worked with since the 1960s. Initially collected from hospitals, these objects were painted in vibrant colors and patterns that dialogued with the sexual revolution.
For the artist, the mattress is a vital object: a stage for birth, intimacy, and death. In the exhibition, these works are presented alongside archival material that documents her large-scale ephemeral projects such as El Obelisco de Pan Dulce (1979), La Torre de Pan de James Joyce (1980), and The Parthenon of Books (1983/2017).
Why this exhibition matters for art travelers
For those who explore the world through art, Minujín’s first solo show in Mexico is a cultural milestone. The exhibition not only offers access to six decades of groundbreaking creation but also situates Mexico City as a crucial stop for understanding the intersections between Latin American conceptualism, pop aesthetics, and social critique.
Living in Art invites visitors to rethink symbols of power, experience ephemeral works as cultural memory, and engage with an artist who has consistently blurred the line between public life and artistic expression.
The artist’s reflections on the future of creation and artificial intelligence have also been discussed in this article, opening a broader perspective on how contemporary art interacts with technological innovation.
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