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==Career== |
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Since 1960, Flores exhibited his work both in Mexico and abroad.<ref name=celester>{{cite news |title=Los apuntes de taller de Leopoldo Flores |author=Celeste Ramírez |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9059736 |archive-url=https://archive. |
Since 1960, Flores exhibited his work both in Mexico and abroad.<ref name=celester>{{cite news |title=Los apuntes de taller de Leopoldo Flores |author=Celeste Ramírez |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9059736 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130411083831/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/9059736 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=Milenio |location=Mexico City |date=November 11, 2011 |language=es |trans-title=The sketches of the workshop of Leopoldo Flores |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> From 1962 to 1968, most of these exhibits were collective, including at the [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]] during the Festival Solar of the [[Mexico City Olympics]] in 1968.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=matiza/> From 1970 to 1971 he coordinated the “Plastica 70” exhibition and exhibited at the Sala de Arte Moderno of the Casa de Cultura of Toluca.<ref name=matiza/> The most recent individual exhibitions of his art were Génesis de tormenta and Apuntes de taller, both held at the Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores in Toluca. Genesis contains thirty abstract acrylics in small format focused on the pollution called by oil drilling in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] .<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=celester/> Apuntes was a retrospective which contained 320 drawings, many never exhibited before, as well as photographs by Carlos Hahn.<ref name=apuntes>{{cite news |title= "Apuntes de taller", bocetos del maestro Leopoldo Flores |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n2319597.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca |location=Toluca |date=November 23, 2011 |language=es |trans-title=Sketches from the workshop, plans from the master |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> |
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One of Flores first major successes was in 1969 with the creation of “pancarta” murals, which consisted of the placement of large pieces of fabric over the exterior of buildings.<ref name=comunidad>{{cite news |title= Dibujos en tinta de Leopoldo Flores |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetoluca/notas/n1920402.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca |location=Toluca |date=January 11, 2011 |language=es |trans-title=Ink drawings of Leopoldo Flores |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=edomex>{{cite web |url=http://qacontent.edomex.gob.mx/bicentenario/historia/mexiquenses/leopoldo_flores/index.htm |title=Leopoldo Flores |publisher=Government of the State of Mexico |location=Mexico |language=es |access-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807210130/http://qacontent.edomex.gob.mx/bicentenario/historia/mexiquenses/leopoldo_flores/index.htm |archive-date=August 7, 2014 }}</ref> Examples of works of this type include Retorno de la gran manada and Desembardo de los marines, which were places at Plaza Beau-bourg of the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] and the vestibule of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in [[Mexico City]] .<ref name=edomex/> In 1972 he also created a pancarta mural for an exhibition over the Hidalgo Market in Toluca. In addition to this movement he also headed a movement called Arte Abierto in 1976, along with working as a promoter of the fine arts for the State of Mexico in 1969.<ref name=matiza/> |
One of Flores first major successes was in 1969 with the creation of “pancarta” murals, which consisted of the placement of large pieces of fabric over the exterior of buildings.<ref name=comunidad>{{cite news |title= Dibujos en tinta de Leopoldo Flores |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetoluca/notas/n1920402.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca |location=Toluca |date=January 11, 2011 |language=es |trans-title=Ink drawings of Leopoldo Flores |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=edomex>{{cite web |url=http://qacontent.edomex.gob.mx/bicentenario/historia/mexiquenses/leopoldo_flores/index.htm |title=Leopoldo Flores |publisher=Government of the State of Mexico |location=Mexico |language=es |access-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807210130/http://qacontent.edomex.gob.mx/bicentenario/historia/mexiquenses/leopoldo_flores/index.htm |archive-date=August 7, 2014 }}</ref> Examples of works of this type include Retorno de la gran manada and Desembardo de los marines, which were places at Plaza Beau-bourg of the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] and the vestibule of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in [[Mexico City]] .<ref name=edomex/> In 1972 he also created a pancarta mural for an exhibition over the Hidalgo Market in Toluca. In addition to this movement he also headed a movement called Arte Abierto in 1976, along with working as a promoter of the fine arts for the State of Mexico in 1969.<ref name=matiza/> |
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Flores is best known for his monumental works, especially murals, most of which are located in the city of Toluca.<ref name=uaembio/> Early murals include ''El hombre contemporáneo'' at the Hotel Plaza Morelos (1971), ''El hombre comtemplando al hombre'' at the Palacio de Poder Legislativo (1972-1983) and ''Alianza de las culturas'' at the Alianza Franciasa de Toluca building (1985) .<ref name=matiza/> Others include ''El Hombre Universal'' at the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales at UAEM (1989), and ''En búsqueda de la justicia'' at the Procuraduría General de Justicia (1991-1992) .<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=matiza/> From 2001 to 2002 he created ''De qué color es el Principio'' at the Colegio Mexiquense, and in 2002 worked on ''Periplo plástico'' at the Museo de Arte Moderno of the [[Centro Cultural Mexiquense]] .<ref name=uaembio/> The latter mural is filled with symbols such as exploding light for the [[Big Bang theory]], along with the appearance of man and manifestations of art.<ref name=enelmam>{{cite news |title=Leopoldo Flores en el Museo de Arte Moderno |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/8096574 |archive-url=https://archive. |
Flores is best known for his monumental works, especially murals, most of which are located in the city of Toluca.<ref name=uaembio/> Early murals include ''El hombre contemporáneo'' at the Hotel Plaza Morelos (1971), ''El hombre comtemplando al hombre'' at the Palacio de Poder Legislativo (1972-1983) and ''Alianza de las culturas'' at the Alianza Franciasa de Toluca building (1985) .<ref name=matiza/> Others include ''El Hombre Universal'' at the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales at UAEM (1989), and ''En búsqueda de la justicia'' at the Procuraduría General de Justicia (1991-1992) .<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=matiza/> From 2001 to 2002 he created ''De qué color es el Principio'' at the Colegio Mexiquense, and in 2002 worked on ''Periplo plástico'' at the Museo de Arte Moderno of the [[Centro Cultural Mexiquense]] .<ref name=uaembio/> The latter mural is filled with symbols such as exploding light for the [[Big Bang theory]], along with the appearance of man and manifestations of art.<ref name=enelmam>{{cite news |title=Leopoldo Flores en el Museo de Arte Moderno |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/8096574 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130419135053/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/8096574 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |publisher=Milenio |location=Mexico City |date=August 28, 2008 |language=es |trans-title=Leopoldo Flores at the Museum of Modern Art |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> In 2004 he created the ''La Cátedra de la Justicia'' at the Escuela de Judicial del Estado de México in only two months.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=matiza/> In 2006 he created the mural ''Justicia Supremo Poder'' for the Palacio de la [[Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación]] in Mexico City. It was created in Toluca and transferred to the court building in 2007.<ref name=uaembio/> It is located in the northeast corner of the main stairs, with a size of about 300m2 in three levels,<ref name=cpaul/> sharing space with works by [[Luis Nishizawa]], [[Rafael Cauduro]] and [[Ismael Ramos]] .<ref name=scjn>{{cite news |title= Inauguran mural de Leopoldo Flores en SCJN |url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/522699.html |publisher= El Universal |location=Mexico City |date=July 15, 2008 |language=es |trans-title=Inaugurate mural by Leopoldo Flores at the Supreme Court |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> From 2009 to 2010 he created a mural for the State of Mexico placed at the Palacio del Gobierno in Toluca, about the [[Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010|Bicentennial of Mexico's Independence and Centennial of the Mexican Revolution]].<ref name=uaembio/> |
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However, his two best known works are located in the city of Toluca, the [[Cosmovitral]], which today serves as an important identity marker for the State of Mexico and Aratmósfera. The Cosmovitral was a renovation of an old [[Porfirio Díaz]] era market. The interior was turned into a [[botanical garden]] and the windows were replaced by large glass murals with 48 panels which cover an area of 3,200 m2. Inaugurated in 1980, the theme of the work is the opposition of day and night, woman and man, and good and bad.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=justo/><ref name=cosmo2004>{{cite news |title = 'Cosmovitral' |publisher= Reforma |location=Mexico City |date=March 19, 2004 |page=26 |language=es |trans-title=Exhibit the talent of Leopoldo Flores }}</ref> The glass work used about 75 tons of metal substructure, 45 tons of blown glass and 25 tons of lead solder.<ref name=justo/> The Cosmovitral was named in 2007 as one of thirteen wonders of Mexico and in 2008 it received the Excelsis prize from the Global Quality Foundation.<ref name=uaembio/> |
However, his two best known works are located in the city of Toluca, the [[Cosmovitral]], which today serves as an important identity marker for the State of Mexico and Aratmósfera. The Cosmovitral was a renovation of an old [[Porfirio Díaz]] era market. The interior was turned into a [[botanical garden]] and the windows were replaced by large glass murals with 48 panels which cover an area of 3,200 m2. Inaugurated in 1980, the theme of the work is the opposition of day and night, woman and man, and good and bad.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=justo/><ref name=cosmo2004>{{cite news |title = 'Cosmovitral' |publisher= Reforma |location=Mexico City |date=March 19, 2004 |page=26 |language=es |trans-title=Exhibit the talent of Leopoldo Flores }}</ref> The glass work used about 75 tons of metal substructure, 45 tons of blown glass and 25 tons of lead solder.<ref name=justo/> The Cosmovitral was named in 2007 as one of thirteen wonders of Mexico and in 2008 it received the Excelsis prize from the Global Quality Foundation.<ref name=uaembio/> |
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Although best known for murals and other monumental works, Flores also worked with various media, techniques and sizes.<ref name=cpaul/> Traditional media include oils, acrylics, watercolors and ink in small and medium-sized formats as well as monumental.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=comunidad/><ref name=edomex/><ref name=sintitulo>{{cite news |title= "Sin título", de Leopoldo Flores, en el Museo de la Acuarela |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetoluca/notas/n1811401.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca|location=Toluca |date=October 9, 2010 |language=es |trans-title="Without title" by Leopoldo Flores at the Watercolor Museum |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> More unusual media and materials have included cloth, rock, plaster, glass, wood, snow, vegetation, paper and cardboard.<ref name=uaembio/> One collection is a series of ink drawings on paper napkins, which belongs to the Máxima Casa de Estudios.<ref name=comunidad/> ''El Minotauro'' is painted over live rock at the Museo Universitario.<ref name=matiza/> Colors that frequently appear in his work include reds, yellows, ochre, grays, blues and black.<ref name=tormenta>{{cite web |url= http://poderedomex.com/notas.asp?id=61067 |title = "Génesis de tormenta", obra de Leopoldo Flores que presentará la UAEM |publisher= State of Mexico |location=Mexico |date=August 18, 2010 |language=es |trans-title="Genesis of torment" work by Leopoldo Flores to be presented at UAEM }}</ref> |
Although best known for murals and other monumental works, Flores also worked with various media, techniques and sizes.<ref name=cpaul/> Traditional media include oils, acrylics, watercolors and ink in small and medium-sized formats as well as monumental.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=comunidad/><ref name=edomex/><ref name=sintitulo>{{cite news |title= "Sin título", de Leopoldo Flores, en el Museo de la Acuarela |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetoluca/notas/n1811401.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca|location=Toluca |date=October 9, 2010 |language=es |trans-title="Without title" by Leopoldo Flores at the Watercolor Museum |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> More unusual media and materials have included cloth, rock, plaster, glass, wood, snow, vegetation, paper and cardboard.<ref name=uaembio/> One collection is a series of ink drawings on paper napkins, which belongs to the Máxima Casa de Estudios.<ref name=comunidad/> ''El Minotauro'' is painted over live rock at the Museo Universitario.<ref name=matiza/> Colors that frequently appear in his work include reds, yellows, ochre, grays, blues and black.<ref name=tormenta>{{cite web |url= http://poderedomex.com/notas.asp?id=61067 |title = "Génesis de tormenta", obra de Leopoldo Flores que presentará la UAEM |publisher= State of Mexico |location=Mexico |date=August 18, 2010 |language=es |trans-title="Genesis of torment" work by Leopoldo Flores to be presented at UAEM }}</ref> |
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His work has been featured in writings by notable Mexican art critics including [[Raquel Tibol]], [[Antonio Rodriguez (critic)|Antonio Rodriguez]] and [[Berta Taracena]] .<ref name=uaembio/> He considered his work to be a continuance of [[Mexican muralism]], and he has been described as a “disciple” of [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]] .<ref name=cpaul/><ref name=edomex/> He is an important figure in Mexican art of the latter 20th century, but his work is neither decorative nor didactic. Rather it focuses on timeless conflicts of the human race.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=musgob>{{cite web |url= http://www.toluca.gob.mx/turismo/museos/?id=72 |title= Museo Leopoldo Flores |publisher= Government of Toluca |location=Toluca |language=es |trans-title=Leopoldo Flores Museum |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> Social problems his work has tackled include violence and consumption. Notable works of this type include ''Cien Hecatombes'' (1972), ''A la opinion pública'' (1973), ''El Hielo de Ariadna'' (1983) and a series of Christ figures (1994) .<ref name=uaembio/> His work is mostly figurative, with images of men and nature. When women appear, they usually accompany men.<ref name=thernandez>{{cite news |title=La dualidad en Leopoldo Flores |author=Tania Hernández A. |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/7017799 |archive-url=https://archive. |
His work has been featured in writings by notable Mexican art critics including [[Raquel Tibol]], [[Antonio Rodriguez (critic)|Antonio Rodriguez]] and [[Berta Taracena]] .<ref name=uaembio/> He considered his work to be a continuance of [[Mexican muralism]], and he has been described as a “disciple” of [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]] .<ref name=cpaul/><ref name=edomex/> He is an important figure in Mexican art of the latter 20th century, but his work is neither decorative nor didactic. Rather it focuses on timeless conflicts of the human race.<ref name=uaembio/><ref name=musgob>{{cite web |url= http://www.toluca.gob.mx/turismo/museos/?id=72 |title= Museo Leopoldo Flores |publisher= Government of Toluca |location=Toluca |language=es |trans-title=Leopoldo Flores Museum |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> Social problems his work has tackled include violence and consumption. Notable works of this type include ''Cien Hecatombes'' (1972), ''A la opinion pública'' (1973), ''El Hielo de Ariadna'' (1983) and a series of Christ figures (1994) .<ref name=uaembio/> His work is mostly figurative, with images of men and nature. When women appear, they usually accompany men.<ref name=thernandez>{{cite news |title=La dualidad en Leopoldo Flores |author=Tania Hernández A. |url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/7017799 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130411084916/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/impreso/7017799 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=Milenio |location=Mexico City |date=February 10, 2007 |language=es |trans-title=The duality in Leopoldo Flores |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> One of his influences include the writings of [[José Saramago]], who he had the chance to meet.<ref name=losmares>{{cite news |title= Anuncian Génesis de tormenta "Los mares", exposición de Leopoldo Flores |url= http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetoluca/notas/n1749485.htm |publisher= El Sol de Toluca |location=Toluca |date=August 18, 2010 |language=es |trans-title=Announcing "Genesis of the storm "The Seas" exhibition by Leopoldo Flores |access-date=March 27, 2013 }}</ref> |
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==Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores== |
==Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores== |