Una caminata por el libro-galería Nueve pintores mexicanos de Juan García Ponce: Imagen autoral y trabajo colaborativo

Abstract

Starting from the metaphor of the book as a gallery, this text takes a walk through Nueve pintores mexicanos (1968) by Juan García Ponce. Using Rebecca Solnit's (2000) walking notion, the article is about getting in and out across the book based on the experience of both reading and seeing. This gives ground to see how, by bringing together texts of art criticism and a collection of paintings and photographs, those involved produced an authorial image, both as an individual and group. This question links to the analysis of their collaborative work as part of a compelling moment of the book culture during the second half of México's 20th century. In this way, the text explores the creative relationship that developed between García Ponce, the photographer Héctor García and the nine painters of the so-called Ruptura: Lilia Carrillo, Manuel Felguérez, Fernando García Ponce, Francisco Corzas, Gabriel Ramírez, Roger von Gunten, Arnaldo Coen, Alberto Gironella and Vicente Rojo. The text also approaches the historical, political, and social context of 1968 as a scenario of great importance for the book's discursive, authorial and visual configuration. It is important to consider that the text is divided into sections to favor an approach to some aspects of the publication that are not necessarily chronological.