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Contemporary Project 15: Betsabeé Romero

Multi-Cultural History Art Exhibition

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Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero has risen to international renown for infusing an ordinary, everyday object with extraordinary symbolism: the car. The hallmarks of her practice are her artisanal transformation of industrial objects, and her fusion of ancient Indigenous artforms with contemporary culture. Such richly symbolic juxtapositions culminate in this exhibition, which transforms the gallery into a 21st-century Mesoamerican ritual ball court.

Here, the goal hoops have been crafted from NASCAR racing tires incised with motifs drawn from the cultures of Indigenous peoples from across the Americas. Blending both historic and contemporary Indigenous heritage with ancient ritual and Catholicism, Romero’s exhibition embodies a sense of the sacred. It also references Mexican American and Chicano car culture as an artform, connecting the ancient American past with the contemporary present.

Organized by Vanessa Davidson, Research Curator of Latin American Art, Blanton Museum of Art

Support for this exhibition at the Blanton is provided in part by David and Ellen Berman.

Now on view! Always free for Blanton Members. Not yet a member? Join today! https://blantonmuseum.org/support/membership/

Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero has risen to international renown for infusing an ordinary, everyday object with extraordinary symbolism: the car. The hallmarks of her practice are her artisanal transformation of industrial objects, and her fusion of ancient Indigenous artforms with contemporary culture. Such richly symbolic juxtapositions culminate in this exhibition, which transforms the gallery into a 21st-century Mesoamerican ritual ball court.

Here, the goal hoops have been crafted from NASCAR racing tires incised with motifs drawn from the cultures of Indigenous peoples from across the Americas. Blending both historic and contemporary Indigenous heritage with ancient ritual and Catholicism, Romero’s exhibition embodies a sense of the sacred. It also references Mexican American and Chicano car culture as an artform, connecting the ancient American past with the contemporary present.

Organized by Vanessa Davidson, Research Curator of Latin American Art, Blanton Museum of Art

Support for this exhibition at the Blanton is provided in part by David and Ellen Berman.

Now on view! Always free for Blanton Members. Not yet a member? Join today! https://blantonmuseum.org/support/membership/

More about Blanton Museum of Art
Founded in 1963, the Blanton Museum of Art holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with more than 21,000 objects. The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, its major collecting areas are modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and prints and drawings. The Blanton offers thought-provoking, visually arresting, and personally moving encounters with art.
When & Where
From Oct 3, 2025 to Jan 4, 2026
Tue: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Wed: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Thu: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Fri: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sat: 10:00am - 8:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sun: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
$15.00


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