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2007 » Mexico » National section

Curator:Jorge Ballina, Jorge Ballina
Authors of Theme:Jorge Ballina, Alejandro Luna,, Philippe Amand, Tolita & María Figueroa., Philippe Amand, Tolita & María Figueroa.
Designer / Architect of exhibition:Jorge Ballina
Other collaborators:Mireille Bartilotti & Francis Palomares
Institution:Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Consejo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes

“De Chile, de Dulce y de Manteca”

De Chile, de Dulce y de Manteca literally means something along the lines of “(made) of chile, of sweet and of lard” or “hot, sweet and fat”. This popular Mexican expression is often used to talk about the diversity of something. The words originally described the variety of tastes, colours and textures one can find in that most classic Mexican dish, the tamale (or “tamal,” from the Aztec tamalli). Tamales are packets of corn dough with many different kinds of filling and are typically wrapped and tied in corn husks or banana leaves. The packets are cooked inside a large tin cylinder that is used as a steamer. The tamal was born in pre-Hispanic Mexico. The Spaniards were served tamales by the Aztecs on their first visits to Mexico, and shortly after, European ingredients were incorporated into the recipes. Today, as with most Mexican food, the possibilities are infinite and each region of Mexico has it’s own specialties. The corn can be mixed with fresh pork lard, butter or vegetable shortening. The filling can be anything from beans, to fish, chicken, beef, pork, eggs, even dove breast, alligator tail or iguana. The flavors go from the sweet: made of fruit, cinnamon, rum, and raisins; to the spicy: with Mole made of different kinds of chile and sometimes chocolate. Tradition links the tamal with religious festivities, and it’s associated with aphrodisiac to therapeutic properties. Mexican theatre and, in particular, Mexican theatre design, is de chile, de dulce y de manteca. It is diverse and eclectic. Like the variety of tamales, each work tastes different. Each work has a unique flavor, color, shape and size. Each work takes a different mixture of space, light, shapes, sounds, words and movement as ingredients. From the steamer of collaboration, a mysterious, alchemical process is produced, and the unique components fuse into an indivisible whole.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

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  • Jesús Hernández (Jesus Hernandez)
  • Alejandro Luna
  • Tolita y María Figueroa (Tolita & María Figueroa)
  • Humberto Spíndola (Humberto Spindola)
  • Claudio Valdés Kuri (Claudio Valdes Kuri)
  • Cordelia Dvorák
  • Jerildy Bosch
  • Eloise Kazan
  • Philippe Amand
  • Šigeo Okajima
  • Sergio Villegas
  • Mónica Raya (Monica Raya)

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