Neuberger Museum of Art
Betsabeé Romero: Lágrimas Negras/Black Tears And site-specific works
Black Tears is a ten-year survey of one of Mexico’s leading artists, Betsabeé Romero. Self-described as a “mechanic artist,” Romero draws on Pre-Columbian iconography, colonial imagery, and popular culture to transform automobiles and their components into contemporary works of art. The artist’s refashioned cars, carved tires, painted hoods, and incised mirrors explore tensions between local traditions and industrialized societies dominated by speed, mass production, and emigration.
Originally curated by Julian Zugazagoitia for the Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico, the exhibition was recreated by Patrice Giasson at the Neuberger Museum of Art, the only United States venue, and included an artist residency, during which new artworks were created onsite, including two monumental outdoor sculptures.
Betsabeé Romero: Lagrimas Negras / Black Tears. Julian Zugazagoitia (Editor). Publisher. Museo Amparo, Puebla. 2008. Bilingual edition : Spanish, English.
- Martha Schwendener, “Leaving Her Mark With the Well Worn” in The New York Times, June 3, 2011
- Janet Langsam, “A Review: Bestabeé Romero: Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears)” in This and That by JL, May 13, 2011
- Art Daily, “Ten-Year Survey of the Work of Betsabeé Romero on View at the Neuberger Museum of Art” in Art Daily