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Betsabeé Romero, b.1963

Amarillo al Cubo2010

Betsabeé Romero draws on elements of popular culture and the traditions of Mexican art in her homeland. Her work is concerned with themes of memory, identity and human migration. For Romero, culture is always in transit and she explores the identity and traditions that Mexican immigrants carry with them in journeys to the United States, often using cars and car parts as symbolic of this movement. While these journeys inform her work directly, she is interested in broader ideas around migration related to the human condition. She has written that “All of us are migrants between life and death. It is a migration that is inevitable and real”.

Amarillo al Cubo is reminiscent of the decorative cut-out papers traditionally displayed in small towns and cities during Mexican celebrations. This is a mixed tradition of Asian origin, brought to Mexico via Spain, which the artist describes as “A fusion made of acceptance and resistance, contribution and recycling. Endless movement in our culture of colonisation.” As with her other works, this installation acts as a window to the past and a safeguard of memory against time and movement.

MediumScreenprint on perforated paper
DimensionsSheet: 101.2 x 99.5 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Diplomatic gift of the Federal Government of Mexico, 2011
Item NumberIMMA.3776
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Betsabeé Romero, Amarillo al Cubo, 2010, Screenprint on perforated paper, Sheet: 101.2 x 99.5 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Diplomatic gift of the Federal Government of Mexico, 2011

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

About the Artist

Betsabeé Romero b.1963

Betsabeé Romero studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She lives and works in Mexico City. Romero draws on elements of popular culture and the traditions of Mexican art in her homeland and her practice is concerned with themes of memory, identity and human migration. Romero has received many international awards, including First Prize at the Cairo Biennial in 2006, and her work has been exhibited worldwide at institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Museo del Barrio in New York. Her work is represented in the Daros Collection, Switzerland, LACMA Los Angeles and the Museum of Modern Art of Houston among others. 
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