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Great Clock in the MACT

Cristobal Villalpando
Virgen del Rosario, XVII century

New Spain was a land suitable for worship religious symbolism. Since the sixteenth century the conquering soldiers and settlers brought with them images of their homeland from which they were faithful devotees, whether of the Virgin Mary or saints. For example, Extremadura brought to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Aragonese to the Virgin of Pilar and the Basques to the virgin of Aranzazu. Another important and particular devotion which developed in New Spain, mainly in northern lands, went to Our Lady of Refuge of sinners. The first image of it arrived in Mexico in 1719, at the hands of the Jesuits, and was used as a standard evanelizador for missions in distant lands, for example, in Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, and some parts of the Bajio, where he was and is very devoted.

The Diocese of Matamoros, the Banco Nacional de Mexico by Fomento Cultural Banamex AC and the Museum of Contemporary Art presented the exhibition Tamaulipas great devotions as part of the celebrations commemorating the fiftieth anniversary the founding of the diocese. This exhibition gives prominence to the Jubilee diocesabo And above all, opportunity to exhibit works of art that represent different aspects of the contents of belief and Sagtrada history, which have generated expressions of, and have also fed to clear the way that art has always been a beautiful channel of evangelization in many villages.

The exhibition will be on display through May 24, 2009.