Curated by Gilbert Vicario

A healthy dose of skepticism should be mandatory to anyone confronting an exhibition of contemporary art that employs the name of a country in its title. Does “Made in Mexico” reward such critical examination? Now, this show gathers thirty-five recent works by nineteen Mexican and international artists to examine “Mexico’s growing influence as a contemporary artistic center.” In the late ’80s Mexico City became an experimental playground for then-emerging artists like Gabriel Orozco, Francis Alÿs, and Melanie Smith, whose work engaged popular culture and the urban condition. This show offers an intriguing, if partial, sample of the art being produced in and about that part of the world.

— Carlos Basualdo