Colección Jumex is a private art collection owned by Eugenio López Alonso . It includes around 2,800 works by Damien Hirst , Andy Warhol , Gabriel Orozco , Cy Twombly , Jeff Koons , Marcel Duchamp , Andreas Gursky , Darren Almond , Tacita Dean , Olafur Eliasson , Martin Kippenberger , Carl Hopgood , Bruce Nauman , David Ostrowski , Francis Alÿs , Urs Fischer , Gego , Donald Judd , Ed Ruscha , Nancy Rubins , Richard Prince , Stefan Brüggemann , and Martin Creed .
26-933: Colección and variants may refer to: Art [ edit ] Colección Júmex Music [ edit ] Colección (Roy Brown album) , compilation album La Colección (Master Joe and O.G. Black album) , compilation album La Colección (Lucero album) Melody Records 1990 La Colección , compilation album by Alejandra Guzman Melody Records 1990 La Colección , compilation album by Menudo (band) 1990 Colección Privada , compilation album by Mónica Naranjo Colección Definitiva , compilation album by Alejandro Sanz Colección Romantica Juan Luis Guerra La Mejor... Colección Marco Antonio Solís 2007 La Más Completa Colección (Marco Antonio Solís album) La Más Completa Colección (Jenni Rivera album) See also [ edit ] De Colección (disambiguation) 20 De Colección (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
52-446: A collector, López Alonso conceived Fundación Jumex with a team of art professionals in order to promote contemporary art through programs that involved collecting, education, research and the funding of artists and museums. In 2015, Fundación Jumex made international headlines when it cancelled an exhibition of works by Hermann Nitsch , a decision denounced by collectors, curators and art critics as an "embarrassing act of censorship by
78-530: A group striving to establish itself in the international art circuit." From 2001, López Alonso’s collection was exhibited publicly for the first time at Galería Jumex: a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m ) space designed by Gerardo García on the premises of the Grupo Jumex juice plant in Ecatepec de Morelos . Though one sector of the art community was surprised by the gallery’s location in an industrial area on
104-520: A laboratory for experimentation and innovation in the arts. Rosario Nadal serves as the deputy director of the museum. The building was designed by the Pritzker Architecture Prize -winning David Chipperfield Architects with an 1,600 m (17,000 sq ft) exhibition space. It is part of the mixed-use development Plaza Carso, which also includes a shopping mall, and sits across the street from another museum, Museo Soumaya . It
130-596: A museum dedicated exclusively to Nitsch's work, the “Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch”, which was set up in a former power station. In the Weinviertel , not far from his Prinzendorf Castle, Nitsch owned a vineyard. The yields from it are pressed according to traditional standards and filled into double-liter bottles. Since the 2006 vintage, the Nitsch-Doppler, whose label Hermann Nitsch artistically redesigned every year, has been presented to
156-604: A ritual. The cloths, bandages, and other fabrics used in these performances introduced Nitsch to the idea of making paintings. From 1971 on Nitsch organized his “Orgy-Mystery Games” at the Prinzendorf Castle area he acquired, including the high point of his life's work, the great “6-Day Game” in the summer of 1998, directed by Alfred Gulden . In 1972, Nitsch participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel , curated by Harald Szeemann ; he
182-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Colecci%C3%B3n J%C3%BAmex Eugenio López Alonso purchased his first work of Mexican art in 1994. That same year, he cofounded Chac Mool Gallery in Los Angeles with art advisor Esthella Provas . This was the symbolic beginning of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo: from the outset, López
208-686: The Orgien Mysterien Theater (which roughly translates as Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries or The Orgiastic Mystery Theater ) and staged nearly 100 performances between 1962 and 1998. In 1966 he was with Yoko Ono , Gustav Metzger , Günter Brus , Otto Muehl , Wolf Vostell , Juan Hidalgo , and others, as a participant of the Destruction in Art Symposium ( DIAS ) in London. In 1962, together with Otto Muehl and Adolf Frohner , he performed
234-465: The Vienna Actionists —a loosely affiliated group of Austrian artists interested in transgressive themes and the centrality of the body in their artwork, which also includes Günter Brus , Otto Muehl , and Rudolf Schwarzkogler . Nitsch's abstract 'splatter' paintings, like his performance pieces were inspired by his neutral perspective on humanity and being human. In the 1950s, Nitsch conceived of
260-601: The 122nd action of the Orgies-Mysteries-Theater took place at Vienna's Burgtheater as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the reopening after World War II . On 24 May 2007, the “Hermann Nitsch Museum” was opened in the Mistelbach Museum Center , which led to protests among parts of the Mistelbach population . In Naples on 13 September 2008, Nitsch's long-time gallery owner Peppe Morra opened
286-636: The audience, then catharsis. The combining of real animal carcasses and real blood with religious content such as the crucifixion and the Immaculate Conception were consciously used by Nitsch in order to bring the viewer to reflect on symbolic topoi such as blood and death that are often repressed in everyday life, which also play a central role in Christianity . Christian viewers and numerous critics perceived his actions and works as blasphemy . In addition to his theater of orgies and mysteries, Nitsch
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#1733093744910312-398: The museum abolished its entrance fee and made all of its offerings, including programs for families, completely free. A 2023 retrospective of artist Jannis Kounellis drew more than 250,000 people. 19°26′26″N 99°12′12″W / 19.44056°N 99.20333°W / 19.44056; -99.20333 Hermann Nitsch Hermann Nitsch (29 August 1938 – 18 April 2022)
338-566: The outskirts of Mexico City, López Alonso and his team were convinced that this space for experimentation would further aid the development of contemporary art in Mexico. Located in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, Museo Jumex opened its doors to the public in November 2013 as an institution devoted to contemporary art, whose aim was not only to serve a broad and diverse public, but also to become
364-613: The overly religious element of his work. In terms of content, his art at Prinzendorf Castle can certainly be interpreted as an attempt at a counter to Richard Wagner 's Bayreuth . From November 1988 to January 1989, the Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus in Munich showed some of the artist's works as part of the solo exhibition "Nitsch - Das Bildnerische Werk". He performed the "2-day game" campaign in summer 2004. On 19 November 2005,
390-684: The public in Vienna. In 2010 Nitsch created a series of Limited Edition Prints , presenting his 130. Aktion at the Museo Nitsch in Napoli with the Dutch artist Rene Rietmeyer. '' UNDER MY SKIN ” This book is the documentation of Personal Structures Art Projects #02. Published by European Cultural Centre. He exhibited his works during the 2017 Venice Biennale at the European Cultural Centre. Nitsch
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442-598: The scenic conception, design, stage design, and costumes for Saint François d’Assise by Olivier Messiaen at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich . Nitsch's worldview was strongly influenced by mystical authors, but also by de Sade , Friedrich Nietzsche , Sigmund Freud , and Antonin Artaud , among others. In his theoretical book Orgien-Mysterien-Theater, Nitsch stated that his actions and images should first cause disgust in
468-662: The three-part action “The Blood Organ” in Vienna, for which a joint manifesto was published. At the beginning of the 1960s, he developed the main ideas for his Orgie Mysterien Theater. Nitsch's Orgien Mysterien Theater performances (or Aktionen , as he called them) can be considered to have been both ritualistic and existential . The scene often involved slaughters, religious sacrifices, and crucifixion , as well as blood and flesh. The performances were also accompanied by music , dancing , and active participants. In his first Orgie Mysterien Theater performance, Nitsch and his friends used animal carcasses, entrails, and blood similarly to
494-480: Was also active as a composer and writer. His actions are noted in meticulously notated scores which, in addition to instructions and texts, also contain graphically notated pieces of music. Because he offended not only animal rights activists , but also theologians and representatives of public morality, his work is highly controversial. Conversely, some action and performance artists, including former comrades-in-arms, distance themselves from what they consider to be
520-493: Was also represented at Documenta 7 in 1982. In 1975, Marina Abramović took part in a Nitsch performance. In addition upon occasion Christoph Schlingensief also participated in the work of Nitsch. Nitsch was repeatedly invited to bring his conceptions of art and ritual to the opera. In 1995, he co-directed the Vienna State Opera and created the sets and costumes for Jules Massenet 's opera Hérodiade . In 2001, Nitsch
546-544: Was an Austrian contemporary artist and composer. His art encompassed wide-scale performances incorporating theater, multimedia , rituals and acted violence. He was a leading figure of Viennese Actionism . Born in Vienna , Nitsch received training in painting when he studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt , during which time he was drawn to religious art . He is associated with
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#1733093744910572-456: Was conceived in response to its surroundings and local context, incorporating domestically sourced materials. In addition to exhibition galleries, the museum features public spaces designed as meeting places and leisure areas that complement the visitor’s experience. The museum operates without a board of directors. The curators report directly to López. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico ,
598-416: Was more interested in sharing his interest in art than in amassing a collection of objects. Over the 1990s, López Alonso spent his time studying contemporary art while also traveling and researching how to put together a collection that would encourage the development of the work of artists of his generation in Mexico. Buying pieces by local and foreign artists while further broadening his scope and focus as
624-679: Was responsible for the stage design and costumes for the performance of the Gandhi opera Satyagraha by the American composer Philip Glass in the Festspielhaus St. Pölten in Lower Austria . In 2005, he created the equipment for Igor Stravinsky 's Le Renard . In 2007, he directed the scenes from Goethe 's Faust by Robert Schumann at the Zurich Opera House . In 2011 he was responsible for
650-679: Was shortlisted for the European Cultural Centre Art award in 2017. In 2019, Hermann Nitsch won the for the European Cultural Centre Art Award. Most recently, in 2020, 80 current works were shown at the Museum Mistelbach in the exhibition Hermann Nitsch - New Works . After the color red, which he used earlier in his artistic work, and after the color yellow - the color of light and resurrection - Nitsch used bright colors in his late creative days. His endeavor
676-449: Was to bring sounds, tastes, and tactile sensations onto the canvas with his own hands. He was inspired by peonies and other flowers. His late work has an optimistic and life-affirming effect through the floral color symphonies and the transcendent lightness. [15] Nitsch's estate is represented by Pace Gallery (since 2022) and Galerie Kandlhofer. Because of their intense and graphic nature, often using nude performers and blood, Nitsch
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