“A Century of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic”, a selection from the Fernando Báez Guerrero Collection at MAM

“A Century of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic”, a selection from the Fernando Báez Guerrero Collection at MAM
Santo Domingo, June 19, 2014

The Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), will open on June 25th, at 7 pm, the exhibition “Fernando Báez Guerrero Collection / A Century of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic”, composed of the works of 93 Dominican and foreign artists.

This exhibition is an institutional programmatic initiative, focused specifically on the importance of the study of the presence and contributions of cultural patronage in Santo Domingo.  It is the first exhibition solely and entirely carried out with funding from a private collector who, as in the case of Fernando Báez Guerrero, covers more than a century of Dominican modern and contemporary art.

Amable López Meléndez, Art Critic, MAM’s Head Curator and member of the curator team of the exhibition says that from a brief summary of the historical and creative curatorial context of the proposal, four simultaneous sections stand out in the museum display.

He adds: “An exhibition mainly characterized by its elasticity and eclecticism, not only because it is composed by more than 200 works, including paintings on canvas in various techniques and different materials; drawings, wood carvings, prints, and mixed media works on paper, but also because of the coexistence of an extraordinary diversity of languages, styles, trends, visions, and expressive aesthetic decisions in it”.
“Raíces y proliferaciones de la modernidad (Roots and proliferations of modernity) (1914-1950)”; “Vanguardias y signos identitarios. Tres generaciones radicales (Vanguards and identity signs. Three radical generations) (1950-1960-1970)”; “Consagraciones y emergencias desde la posmodernidad (Enshrinings and emergences from postmodernism) (1980-1990-2010)”, and “Vínculos transparentes (Transparent links)” are the four sections that make up the “Fernando Báez Guerrero Collection/A Century of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic” museum exhibition.

The production and organization of the exhibition is headed by Fernando Báez Guerrero and Nancy Báez, collectors; María Elena Ditrén, Art Historian and Executive Director of the Museum of Modern Art; Danilo De los Santos, Senior Artist and Historian of Dominican art; Abil Peralta Agüero, Director of the Technical Unit of Culture of the House of Representatives; and Amable López Meléndez, Art Critic and Head Curator at MAM.

The exhibition will remain open until the end of August, Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic, located on Av. Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, in Santo Domingo.