Event

Come celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the 200^th anniversary of  Mexican Independence with Ken Sanders Rare Books for an evening of revolutionary art on Friday, September 17^th from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at our downtown bookstore and gallery (268 South 200 East). Join us for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Carmen Paredes. Paredes, a Utah artist born in Chihuahua, Mexico—in the heart of Pancho Villa territory—has created striking portraits of Mexican revolutionary figures as well as a series of unexpectedly whimsical cut-outs honoring the Mexican Revolution. This exhibit will run from September 17^th-30^th.

In addition, at 7:00 p.m. local author Susan Vogel will discuss how the Mexican Independence and Revolution is reflected in Mexican art in the context of her new book, Becoming Pablo O’Higgins, a biography of a Utah artist and East High School graduate who became a famed Mexican muralist and political graphic artist; Salvador Jimenez, former Mexican Consul to Utah, will talk about the importance of the Mexican Independence and Revolution to Mexico and its identity; and Tina Martin, whose father was Diego Rivera’s art dealer, will share her recollections of Rivera, Frida Kahlo and the Mexican art world. Copies of Becoming Pablo O’Higgins ($24.95, paperback) will be available for purchase and signing.   

Carmen Paredes is a Mexican artist from Chihuahua, Mexico.  She now resides in Utah where she graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in Visual Arts and just completed an MFA from University of Utah.

Susan Vogel studied in Mexico City and received a grant from the Utah Humanities Council to research Pablo O’Higgins. Her book, Becoming Pablo O’Higgins, was published in May of this year to coincide with an exhibit of O’Higgins’s work at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. 

Salvador Jimenez, a diplomat and writer, is a native of Zacatecas, Mexico. Jimenez spent 30 years in Mexico’s diplomatic force. He was Mexican Consul in Utah from 2005 through 2007. His book, The Light at the End of Darkness, will be published next month.  

Tina Misrachi Martin was born and grew up in Mexico City. Her father, Alberto Misrachi, was Diego Rivera’s art dealer and agent from 1935 to 1945. Martin grew up knowing Diego and his wife Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo, Juan Soriano, and other Mexican artists.