America, land of horsemen

The editorial and curatorial project is the outcome of a five-year research work carried out by Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C., which was led by Cándida Fernández de Calderón, under Guadalupe Jiménez Codinachœs curatorship, along with researchers Roberto Vega, from Argentina; Celina Rodríguez and Alejandra Serrano, from Chile; and Claudia Balarín, from Perú. More than 500 pieces from eight countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, the United States, Mexico and Peru) were collected from over 30 museums and cultural centers, as well as 40 private collections. The display includes paintings, photographs, historic documents, movie fragments and musical and literary pieces, clothing and popular art, and also a life-size representation of eight horse riders from several Latin American countries: a Mexican charro, a cowboy and prairie Indian from the United States, a Peruvian challan, a Chilean huaso, mapuches from Chile and Argentina, a llanero from Venezuela and Colombia, and a gaucho from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brasil.