LILIA CARRILLO

kurimanzutto presents the personal collection of painter Lilia Carrillo (1930–1974), comprised of more than fifty works created between 1948 and 1974. Lilia Carrillo stood out among the artists of her generation, mostly men, who during the second half of the 20th century transformed the panorama of modern art in Mexico by exploring new models of figuration and abstraction. The exhibited works were safeguarded after her death by her second husband, the sculptor Manuel Felguérez. The selection ranges from some of her early works created as an art student to one of the last pieces she created before her death at the age of 43. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated timeline and a selection of photos, press clippings, and documents from the artist’s family archive that place the work in a historical context. Likewise, a catalog of the exhibition focusing on this body of work and the research that originated from it will be subsequently published. The exhibition and accompanying archival materials offer a look at the work of an artist who sought formal and material experimentation, both within and beyond the abstraction for which she became known. Many of the pieces and documents reveal her interest in exploring different techniques and disciplines. In these paintings, drawings, collages, lithographs, costume designs, and illustrations, we encounter different facets of Carrillo’s trajectory, stemming from a persistent curiosity about the various possibilities of visual expression.