Review of Mexico Illuminated/Iluminado.
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Review of Mexico Illuminated/Iluminado The Freedman Gallery's Mexico Illuminated/ Iluminado at Albright College represents the nature of Mexican art. This is really a worthwhile exhibition. Before the exhibition begun, there was a discussion with the Mexican artists, Laura Anderson-Barbata and Ruben Martinez, who have been displaying their masterpieces in the Freedman Gallery. There were artists Perla Krauze, Ray Smith, Luis Miguel Suro, Diego Toledo, Raymundo Sesma, Boris Viskin, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Abel Quezeda , Laura Anderson Barbata, Enrique Ruiz, etc. During the talk, Laura Anderson-Barbata presented a slide and discussed some of her work with us. Barbata's ten-year project involves the Yanomami community in making paper and prints as a way to preserve their own identity, language, and heritage through books. The Yanomami language is known as their greatest art, but many nuances are lost in translation to English. In creating simple printed images with paper made...

