A spectacular restored mural is the centerpiece of an exhibit up in downtown Guadalajara showcasing Gabriel Flores (1930-1993), one of this state’s most acclaimed artists.
The mural, titled “War and Peace,” was rescued from a public building that was due to be demolished, and subsequently languished in the vaults of the Museo Cabañas for seven years. The work was recently meticulously restored and is now on show for the first time in a museum setting, namely the Ex Convento del Carmen.
The exhibit “Gabriel Flores: Recurring Iconography” has been organized within the framework of the multiple activities taking place across the country in celebration of “100 Years of Muralism in Mexico.”
The show brings together 45 pieces, including drawings, watercolors and sketches by the painter that, says curator Miriam Villaseñor, shows Flores’ “mastery of the human figure … and the iconographic codes that appear on a recurring basis in his vast body of work.”
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