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Contemporary Mexican painters and sculptors have continued to produce an extraordinary variety of works in many styles and techniques. Major figures include JosE Luis Cuevas, Jorge G. Camarena, MartInez de Hoyos, Frida Kahlo (Diego Rivera's wife), Enrique EcheverrIa, Leonora Carrington, Francisco Toledo, and Rodolfo Morales. Of the abstract easel painters, Rufino Tamayo is an outstanding 20th-century figure.
Modern architecture has also flourished. Functionalism, expressionism, and other schools have left their imprint on a large number of works in which Mexican stylistic elements have been combined with European and North American techniques. In the great manufacturing center of Monterrey there are fine examples of industrial architecture. Perhaps the most outstanding achievement of contemporary Mexican architecture is the Ciudad Universitaria outside Mexico City, a complex of buildings and grounds housing the National Univ. of Mexico. A cooperative venture, the project was directed by Carlos Lazo. A major structure is the central library, with a brilliant mosaic facade by the architect and painter Juan O'Gorman. Another architect of note is Felix Candela, who designed the expressionistic church Nuestra Senora de los Milagros.
See also National Museum of Anthropology.
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