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Learn moreMuseo del Objeto del Objeto is one of those rare small museums that stays with you long after you step back onto Colima in Roma. I came for the recent exhibition of art created by people confined in psychiatric wards within the prison system and it is extraordinary. The show is called Las Reglas del Juego and it uses the idea of play to open a door into places where time stretches and repeats. The works are shown in dialogue with everyday objects from MODO’s design collection, which sharpens the impact and makes the rooms feel like lived spaces rather than white boxes.
What elevates it are the specifics. You see drawings and mixed media pieces that treat time as a material to be measured and survived. One highlight is a work by an artist named Carmen that imagines two minds sending thoughts to each other like radio signals, a tender portrait of connection when touch is restricted. The project comes out of long running workshops led by Ricardo Caballero at CEVAREPSI and Tepepan, and the museum notes that one hundred pieces were selected. Many of them are available for sale with the proceeds going directly to the artists, which adds a welcome sense of agency.
Beyond the show, the museum itself is a gem in a 1906 Art Nouveau house with a thoughtful permanent collection of design and packaging that anchors each temporary exhibition. Staff are informed and kind, labels are concise, and the scale invites slow looking. For anyone curious about how art can cut through stigma and turn ordinary materials into testimony, MODO is a...
Read moreVery interesting museum. Highly intellectual. I visited an exhibit with art from incarcerated individuals and I thought the material really made me think about the perspective of people who have had incredibly challenging lives. Profound. My Spanish is not the best but I think I understood the concept. I appreciate they gave voice to under privileged untrained artist, a few who had incredible creativity and vision. This exhibit challenged be to think about art and the artist and that everyone has a human extra share. The photo is of an artist work who makes samarai swords from lego type blocks but with the colors and patterns native...
Read more¿QUIÉNES SOMOS? ¿Alguna vez has observado un objeto y te has cuestionado acerca de su vida y las vidas de las personas que lo utilizaron? ¿Te has planteado quién lo pudo imaginar, diseñar y producir? ¿Cómo llegaron a un museo una lata de sopa, la foto del funeral de un niño muerto o las doce pelucas de una famosa vedette?
¿Qué nos dicen las cosas cuando las contemplamos y les hacemos las preguntas correctas?
El MODO, Museo del Objeto del Objeto, inaugurado en el 2010, se ha dedicado a contar historias mediante artefactos que han acompañado la vida diaria en nuestro país desde hace más de 200 años. A través de los más de 140 mil componentes de su acervo, el museo hace una revisión histórica de México desde inicios del siglo XIX: movimientos culturales, estéticos y sociales, desarrollo tecnológico, tendencias y cambios en las formas de pensar y de vincularse con el exterior.
Valiosas y valientes piezas se seleccionan por temas y se agrupan en exhibiciones temporales con la finalidad de mostrar y hacer imaginar o vivir aquellos momentos que, mediante el cariño y la nostalgia, están guardados en la memoria de todos nosotros.
En las exposiciones, podrás conocer relatos fascinantes que han permanecido custodiados celosamente en un gran número de objetos, unos cotidianos, otros muy raros, otros con valor histórico, pero todos ellos, testimonio de la vida y cultura de la sociedad mexicana.
Desde hace cinco años el MODO, guiado por el artista Ricardo Caballero, ha establecido un vínculo muy estrecho con la población considerada psiquiátrica del Centro Femenil Tepepan y el Centro Varonil de Rehabilitación Psicosocial, CEVAREPSI. Este vínculo se ha fortalecido con el paso del tiempo, ha abierto puentes de comunicación desde adentro hacia el exterior, y nos ha brindado oportunidades para comprender a un sector de la población penitenciaria que rara vez tiene posibilidades...
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