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<\/p>\nAt age 85, Laura Wilson is still telling deeply human stories with her camera. The photographer, who has lived in Dallas since 1965, is showcasing four decades of her exploration of Mexico in Roaming Mexico, Laura Wilson. The exhibition begins Sept. 14 and opens the new season at Meadows Museum, SMU.<\/p>\n
The exhibition features nearly 90 photographs, many never published, from Wilson\u2019s travels across Mexico, from the U.S. borderlands to Oaxaca and San Miguel de Allende. Best known for her photographs of the American West and portraits of renowned authors, this exhibition is more personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not every person\u2019s Mexico \u2014 it\u2019s my Mexico,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cMuch as in the American West, the Spanish influence is elemental in Mexico. Things we consider icons of Western culture \u2014 the horse, the longhorn \u2014 came from Spain and gave rise to the\u00a0vaquero\u00a0or cowboy. Mexico is culturally vibrant \u2014 the literature, the art, the sculpture, the architecture. The architects, the writers, and even the collectors that I have focused on are as much a part of modern Mexico, and of my appreciation of Mexico, as the laboring\u00a0paisano\u00a0or the fire-breather.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Running concurrently with Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo: Visions of Mexico, the exhibition captures a rich tapestry of Mexican life.<\/p>\n
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Laura Wilson, Diptych: Fire Breathers, Uruapan, Michoac\u00e1n, 2005; Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 1985. Archival pigment print. \u00a9 Laura Wilson.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a privilege to open the fall season with Laura Wilson\u2019s vision of Mexico. She is a truly gifted artist who has so eloquently captured the story of the American West. It seems only right that she should have turned that penetrating lens toward Mexico,\u201d said Amanda W. Dotseth, The Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum and Centennial Chair in the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU. \u201cRoaming Mexico speaks to Wilson\u2019s admiration for and deep ties to Mexico but does so in ways that are at once sensitive, beautiful, challenging and complex. Mexico is part of the American experience. The Meadows Museum is committed to fostering cross-cultural understanding through Spanish art and its global connections. This exhibition offers a rare and moving look at Mexico through the eyes of one of Texas\u2019 most compelling visual storytellers.\u201d<\/p>\n
ROAMING MEXICO: LAURA WILSON The nearly 90 photographs offer a unique perspective of a multifaceted Mexico seen through Wilson\u2019s eyes. They capture colorful festivals, traditional farms, and the poetry of everyday life. The viewer is therefore presented not with one Mexico\u2014defined, for example, by its northern border, its religiosity, or rural populations\u2014but with a nuanced, often contradictory view of a land of dynamic contrasts.<\/p>\n This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.\u00a0 \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tArchivo Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo S.C.<\/p>\n \t\t\tArchivo Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo S.C.<\/p>\n Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902\u20132002), Two Women and the Large Curtain with Shadows (Dos mujeres y la gran cortina con sombras), 1977. Gelatin silver print on paper, 8 \u00d7 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of W. Barton Munro, 1980; transfer from the University Art Collection, MM.88.05.05. \u00a9 Archivo Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo S.C.<\/p>\n This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation. After studying painting with his father, who urged him to produce large historical canvases in pursuit of academic recognition, Madrazo instead settled in Paris to paint for that city\u2019s thriving art market. He produced commercial works inspired by the\u00a0tableautins, or small paintings of carefully staged interior scenes, by Ernest Meissonier and Mariano Fortuny. In doing so, Madrazo demonstrated remarkable painterly skill and a mastery of color, thus commanding high prices internationally.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tJoaquin Cort\u00e9s Noriega and Rom\u00e1n Lor\u00e9s Riesgo<\/p>\n \t\t\tJoaquin Cort\u00e9s Noriega and Rom\u00e1n Lor\u00e9s Riesgo<\/p>\n Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish, 1841\u20131920), Carlos Mar\u00eda Fitz-James Stuart, Sixteenth Duke of Alba (Carlos Mar\u00eda Fitz-James Stuart, xvi duque de Alba), 1902. Oil on canvas, 35 1\/16 x 28 3\/8 in. (89 x 72 cm). Dukes of Alba Collection, Madrid, Liria Palace, inv. P.33. Photo by Joaquin Cort\u00e9s Noriega and Rom\u00e1n Lor\u00e9s Riesgo.<\/p>\n By the final decades of the 19th century, Madrazo had established himself as the leading figure among the colony of Spanish artists in Paris. He produced numerous portraits of Spanish and Parisian women and carnival scenes that were widely reproduced in prints. He also gained favor among North America\u2019s elite, earning a reputation as the go-to artist for \u201cFrench-style\u201d portraits.<\/p>\n This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, and Fundaci\u00f3n MAPFRE, Madrid, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tOscar Romero, courtesy of Galer\u00eda Luis Adelantado<\/p>\n \t\t\tOscar Romero, courtesy of Galer\u00eda Luis Adelantado<\/p>\n Rub\u00e9n Guerrero in his studio. <\/p>\n MEADOWS\/ARCO ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:\u00a0RUB\u00c9N GUERRERO All exhibitions included with general admission: $12 adults, $10 seniors 65+, $4 non-SMU students; free for Meadows Museum members, SMU faculty\/staff\/students, and youth 18 and under.<\/p>\n
Sept. 14, 2025\u2013Jan. 11, 2026
<\/strong>For four decades, the wilds of the American West have served as a key source of inspiration for renowned Dallas-based documentary photographer Laura Wilson (b. 1939). Her images capture the lives of people across ranches, Native American reservations,\u00a0rodeos\u00a0and rural high schools.<\/p>\n
MANUEL \u00c1LVAREZ BRAVO: VISIONS OF MEXICO
Sept. 15, 2025\u2013Jan. 11, 2026
<\/strong>Presented in conjunction with\u00a0Roaming Mexico: Laura Wilson\u00a0is this captivating, focused exhibition dedicated to the work of influential Mexican photographer Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo (1902\u20132002), one of the most important artists in 20th-century Latin America. His work is distinguished by its striking compositions that draw from surrealist,\u00a0modernism\u00a0and documentary traditions. A contemporary of such luminaries as Diego Rivera, Frida\u00a0Kahlo\u00a0and Edward Weston, \u00c1lvarez Bravo\u2019s photography often juxtaposes the everyday with the enigmatic. Featuring more than 30 silver gelatin prints from the 1920s to the 1980s, the exhibition draws from the collections of the Meadows Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Together, these images offer a compelling window into the artistic and cultural landscape of 20th-century Mexico.<\/p>\n![\"Manuel](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MM.88.05.06.jpg\")
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RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO
Feb. 22\u2013June 21, 2026<\/strong>
Born into one of the most important artistic dynasties in Spain, Raimundo de Madrazo (Rome, 1841\u2013Versailles, 1920) was a renowned genre painter and portraitist. This exhibition \u2014 the first retrospective dedicated to the artist \u2014 explores Madrazo\u2019s international career as he became one of the most successful painters in Belle \u00c9poque Paris.<\/p>\n![\"Raimundo](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P33-edited.jpg\")
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Feb. 22\u2013June 21, 2026
<\/strong>The Meadows Museum and Fundaci\u00f3n ARCO have selected painter Rub\u00e9n Guerrero(b. 1976) for the third edition of the Meadows\/ARCO Artist Spotlight (MAS) program, an initiative that promotes contemporary Spanish artists through exhibitions at the Meadows Museum. Guerrero\u2019s visually and intellectually engaging paintings, which pivot between abstraction and figuration and explore the limits of two-dimensionality, have been exhibited in major venues for contemporary art across Spain, including the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempor\u00e1neo in Seville and the Centro de Arte Contempor\u00e1neo in M\u00e1laga. His work can also be found in public and private collections in Spain,\u00a0Germany\u00a0and the U.S. As with prior MAS exhibitions, the artist will travel to Dallas to participate in several educational programs, many exclusively for SMU students.<\/p>\n