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Ceramica - Mexican Pottery of the Twentieth Century
September 4, 1999 - January 30, 2000 |
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The exhibition featured
over 1,200 clay works,
including commemorative
and patriotic Metepec
portrait pitchers;
huge Michoacan pineapple
jars; highly burnished
blackware of Oaxaca;
bizarre and wild figurative
pieces from Ocumicho;
high-fired and brightly
glazed Majolica pottery,
introduced to Mexico
by the Spanish in the
sixteenth century;
whimsical animal figures of Tonala, and Oaxacan
ceramic dolls made
by the renown Aguilar
family. An entire room
commemorated one of
Mexico's most famous
holidays "Dia
de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead).
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At the entrance to the museum’s second floor was a wall covered with decorative plates from throughout Mexico. Spanish Revival arches were constructed to give the gallery a more Mexican flavor. |
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