Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press at Americas Society Art Gallery, September 13 – December 17, 2016
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press at Americas Society Art Gallery, September 13 – December 17, 2016
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press is the first U.S. solo show to examine Horna’s influential collaboration with the illustrated press.
Renowned for her innovative images documenting Mexico City’s urban expansion and vibrant cultural scene, Kati Horna (Budapest, 1912 – Mexico City, 2000) was already a widely published photographer of the Spanish Civil War when she arrived in Mexico at the end of 1939. Her prolific career will be the focus of Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press. This is the first solo show in the United States to examine Horna’s influential collaboration with the illustrated press. Featuring Horna’s photographs displayed alongside the newspapers and magazines that put them in circulation, the exhibition will comprise some never-before-seen materials including contact sheets, montage cuttings, and personal albums.
“This exhibition demonstrates that in order to grasp some of the subtleties and complexities of Horna’s mature work in Mexico it is crucial to consider the depth of her intellectual upbringing, the extent of her political radicalization as a young artist, and the true nature of her involvement with the anarchist fringe of the Spanish Civil War,” says curator Christina De León....
