“What is Natural in Abstract Art”

The El Paso Museum of Art announces

“What is Natural in Abstract Art”

a lecture by Microscopias curator

Alberto Gonzalez Torres

Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Please join us on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm for “What is Natural in Abstract Art”, a lecture by Microscopias curator Alberto Gonzalez Torres in the El Paso Energy Auditorium. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided. This lecture is free to the public. Seating is limited to the first 212 people. Those attending the lecture will also receive free passes to view the exhibition.

Alberto Gonzalez Torres is a curator at the Museo de Arte Carrillo-Gil CONACULTA-INBA, Mexico City.

Microscopias investigates the relationships of abstract languages with specific forms found in microbiology and human anatomy as developed by Dr. Alvar Carillo-Gil at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City in 1963. All artworks are from the Museo de Arte Carrillo-Gil CONACULTA - INBA collection and include David Alfaro Siqueiros, Franz Kupka, Pierre Soulages, Sophie Tauber Arp, Nelly and Theo Van Doesburg, Jean Arp, Sonia Delaunay, Wolfgang Paalen, Zhao Wouki, Stanley Hayter and Gunther Gerzso.

This exhibition is supported with funds from the El Paso Museum of Art members, Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, the City of El Paso and the County of El Paso.

Regular admission to this exhibition is $5 per non member. Members are free.

For more information and to RSVP please call (915) 532-1707