The First Lady, oil on canvas, 1989.

Image courtesy of  Bowers Museum

Nov – Jan 17, Latitudes: Latin American Masters from the FEMSA Collection, Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA.

Collaboration between the Bowers Museum, FEMSA, and the Mexican Consulate is on exhibition. Latitudes is a selection of paintings from leading Latin American beverage company FEMSA`s prestigious collection of more than 1,000 modern and contemporary works of Mexican and Latin American artists. This thematic exhibition explores the 20th century art movements and styles of Cubism, Portraiture and Landscapes, Identity, Mexican Muralism, Surrealism and Abstraction, and includes works by many noted artists, including Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jesús Soto, and Rufino Tamayo. The Bowers Museum is devoted to promoting human understanding through art, presenting world class exhibitions, and preservation of collections for future generations. One of Southern California’s finest museums, and Orange County’s largest, celebrates the study and exhibition of the fine arts of indigenous peoples. Ensuring a greater understanding of the marvelous diversity of the world in which we live.