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STATE OF THE ARTS: Immaculate Conception Exhibit

The Immaculate Conception incorporates Francisco de Zurbarán’s seventeenth century painting of the Immaculate Conception as a center point for discussion. This exhibition considers the various ways the Immaculate Conception has been portrayed in Mexican retablos and the influence that European paintings such as Zurbaran’s had on Mexican painters of the subject. The twenty-seven nineteenth century retablos on exhibut at the El Paso Museum of art all reflect, in terms of color and iconography, the specific devotional concerns mandated by the Catholic Church with a rich diversity of interpretation. The Immaculate Conception retablo exhibit is on display at the El Paso Museum of Art through November 8th, 2015. Christian Gerstheimer of the El Paso Museum of Art talks about the exhibit.

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