Ángel among us
Self-Portrait / Autorretrato, 1923. Abraham Ángel DMA exhibition premieres gay artist Abraham Ángel’s surviving works RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com In a short time, queer artist Abraham Ángel made a lifelong impact on Mexican art.
With a distinct method and a fresh take on Mexican modernism, Ángel’s works spans just three years of his life, yielding a catalog of fewer than 30 pieces before his death.
Now, Ángel is getting his moment right here in the Dallas Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Abraham Ángel: Between Wonder and Seduction.
It is the first major survey of his work in almost 40 years as well as the first retrospective of his paintings in the United States. “We are thrilled to present the first full retrospective of a magnificent artist whose life was cut tragically short just as his works were taking the Mexican art scene by surprise in the 1920s,” Dr.
