A Trip to The National Museum of Mexican Art

Hi everyone! How are you? So I went to the National Museum of Mexican Art with my family (because my little brother had to for school) and I thought it would be fun to take you guys along.

Here's some of my favorite things I saw :)

This piece is called "New World Order"

This is how they make sugar skulls

This was a room with a bunch of cool art. My family and I didn't go in cause there was no one there and we thought we couldn't go in lol.

This one is called "The Legend of the Volcanos"

ok, so the story behind this painting is that the lady you see in the painting was a beautiful princess by the name Mixtli. This princess was so pretty that she had many people who wanted to marry her, but there was one man by the name of Axooxco who was very evil and he wanted her hand in marriage.

The only problem is that the princess was in love with a warrior named Popoca. So one day Popoca went to receive the highest distinction of Eagle Warrior and have an advantage over the other people who wanted the princesses hand in marriage. But when the princess found out about this she decided to take her own life because she didn't wanna marry the evil man.

When Popoca returned from battle a winner her saw the lifeless body of his beloved princess and quickly took her up the mountains. There Popoca stayed with her freezing by her side, but he had hopes that the cold air would awaken the princess... but it never did. They both froze to death and the couple became the volcanos Iztaccihuatil (sleeping woman) and Popocatepetl (smoking mountain).

Today those two volcanoes stand in the distant horizon of Mexico City.

This painting is called "Tree of life"

This painting is called "The Virgin of Guadalupe"

I hopefully don't need to explain her story to you but this imagine right here ever since 1810 her image has been used countless struggles for justice and equality.

This painting is called "The Holy Trinity"

This is a crucifix

This a statue of "Baby Jesus"

This statue is called "The Worm" 

All these little statues have different names and they are...

General Porfirio Diaz
Charro with a bottle
China Poblana
Broom Vendor with traditional plate
Charcoal Vendor
Homeless Man
Ice Cream Vendor

This painting is called "Sound of Artesa"

This painting is called "Altar for the dead"

This painting is a depicts the traditional day of the dead altar... (if you want to learn more about what an altar for the dead is or what people do on the day of the dead let me know and I'll be glad to share my culture with you and write about it in my blog)

This painting is called "Yellow Green Blue"

This painting is called "October"

This painting is called "The posadas"

(If you want to learn more about what "The Posadas" is and what people do during this time click here to read one of my previous post about this) 

My favorite sign there

This painting here is called "Mona Lupe"

I thought this one looked cool because it's supposed to be a combination of the Mona Lisa and the Virgin of Guadalupe.

This painting is called "Adelita"

This painting is called "Uncle Ernest five minutes before his capture"

This painting is called "Liberating Boarders"

This piece is called "R.S.I" and it is an example of the typical urban experience of immigrants working in factories  

This painting is called "The Battle of Puebla"

This painting here is called "Broken Dreams"

I have no idea why, but this painting spoke to me. The moment I saw it there was just something about it that was so powerful and I just stood there for a while just staring at it. Amazed by its beauty.

This pice was called "Posters with a Cause"

According to the people at the museum "these posters are recognized as an archive of activism, from the US Civil Rights MI've mentioned up to the present day debates over immigration reform. They are as much a part for US history and popular culture as the artists, musicians and community leaders they herald. Many of the distinguished present day artists began their careers designing posters with a cause.

This piece is called "Three works from the Deportable Alien Series"

Or as I called it "me looking like a thumb"

This painting is called "The legacy of Manifest Destiny"

This painting is called "Remember"

This painting is called "Amor Alien"

This was another one of my favorite paintings. 

This painting is called "Mother and Child"

I didn't get the name if this painting but I thought it was so pretty

This piece is called "Offering to father Daniel"

This painting is called "Mirror"

These are some nice photographs I thought looked cool

This piece is called "Catrinas from Capula"

This was a nice day of the dead altar they had there

OMG this was the scariest part of my trip to the museum. OK so we walked into this room and I see this... right next to this was like 3 tvs playing a video of people dancing. But they were dressed with costumes that represented the devil. The dance they were doing was called "The Dance of the Devil". It was so weird cause I've never seen anything like that before. I was both scared and intrigued at the same time. 

You can read more about this on this poster they had there...

This painting is called "Ballads from my homeland"

This painting is called "Mexican Traditions, our future"

This painting is called "The Wetback"

What the painting says "I am a person you never knew. I don't live, just in hopes of finding work and repect. They found my bones seventeen miles from the US border. They still haven't identified me."

I also loved this painting because they put that water jug cross next to it and the water jugs had hopeful messages for the people on their journey to a better world.

This painting was so freaking cool. When you walked from side to side the painting changed. The name of this painting is called "Sun Mad" if you want to find out more about this painting click here. This website does a great job going into a deep expiation about this. 

Hope you guys enjoyed the little trip I took to the National Museum of Mexican Art. If you want to go visit and see all these lovely paintings and so much more go to their website to find the times and the address.







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