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Title
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Coartadas/Alibis
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Description
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Coartadas / Alibis provides a critical perspective on Mexican society.
Increasing globalization has in recent years sharpened the social and economic contrasts in Mexico. Multinationals have a stranglehold on the national economy, the people suffer under shortages, and some population groups are structurally marginalized. The government fails to provide an answer to these problems. The tension between the traditional political order and the need for social change manifests itself prominently in the megalopolis Mexico City whose inhabitants confront daily uncertainties with various survival strategies.
In response to these developments, artists have organized themselves in new art centers, devoted to political and esthetic explorations. They infiltrate in the status quo, explore possibilities for resistance against existing power structures, and utilize shifting identities to respond to a public space marked by rapid change and shifting social relations.
Guest-curator: Magali Arriola
Coartadas / Alibis was produced in collaboration with the Centre Culturel du Mexique in Paris, France.
Participants
Acamonchi, Montserrat Albores, Francis Alÿs, Carlos Amorales, Erick Beltrán, Katya Brailovsky, Miguel Calderón, Célula Arquitectura, Chic by Accident, Minerva Cuevas, Olivier Debroise, Galia Eibenschutz, Benjamín Escamilla, Mario García Torres, HCRH, Pablo León de la Barra, Montse y Mario, Yoshua Okón, Proyecto Iztapalapa, Carlos Ranc, Pedro Reyes, Daniela Rossell, Teresa Serrano, Santiago Sierra, Alexis Zabé
Curators
Magali Arriola
Network
Archis Amsterdam, Conaculta- The National Council for Culture and the Arts
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Identifier
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KIM-EXH-3842
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02_1
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Type
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Exhibition
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Date
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2002-04-14/2002-05-16
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Temporal Coverage
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2002
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Publisher
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Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
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Spatial Coverage
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Rotterdam
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Language
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en
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Is Part Of
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Exhibition history
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Rights Holder
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Kunstinstituut Melly
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Creator
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Acamonchi
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Carlos Amorales
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Carlos Ranc
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Chic by Accident
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Célula Arquitectura
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Daniela Rossell
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Erick Beltrán
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Francis Alÿs
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HCRH
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Katya Brailovsky
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Mario García Torres
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Miguel Calderón
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Minerva Cuevas
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Montse y Mario
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Olivier Debroise
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Pablo León de la Barra
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Pedro Reyes
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Teresa Serrano
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Yoshua Okón
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Contributor
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Magali Arriola
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Relation
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Archis Amsterdam
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Conaculta- The National Council for Culture and the Arts
Coartadas/Alibis — image 001 Coartadas/Alibis (Carlos ranc, Museum of the Drug-Trade, 2002)