LACMA marks the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City) with Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico. This exhibition subverts the traditional narrative of conquest by centering the creative resilience of Indigenous artists, mapmakers, and storytellers who forged new futures and made their world anew through artistic practice. Nahua scribes gave the name mixpantli, or “banner of clouds,” to the first omen of the conquest, depicting this omen as both a Mexica battle standard and a Euro-Christian column enveloped in clouds. Mixpantli, then, reflects the bringing together of both Nahua and Christian worldviews, and the efforts of Indigenous peoples to reorient space and time in a new world and era. This show puts early colonial art in conversation with pre-Columbian artifacts to showcase the deeply Indigenous worldviews that shaped early Mexico.
A companion exhibition to Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes.
Dec 12, 2021 - June 12, 2022
Mon, Tue & Thu 11am - 5pm
Wed CLOSED
Fri 11am - 8pm
Sat & Sun 10am - 7pm
Resnick Pavilion
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
34.0637913, -118.3588851
Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico
