Victor zamudio taylor biography

Victor Zamudio-Taylor papers, 1999-2013

Creator: Zamudio-Taylor, Victor, 1956-2013
Subject: Pitta, Thiago Rocha; Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo

Place of publication, production, or execution: United States
Physical Description: 1.1 Linear feet
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into four series. Series 1: Professional Activity Files, 2001-2012 (0.6 linear feet: Box 1, OV 2) Series 2: Personal Business Records, 2009-2013 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1) Series 3: Printed Material, 2004-2012 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1) Series 4: Photographic Material, circa 2000-2009 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)
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Summary: The papers of Victor Zamudio-Taylor measure 1.1 linear feet and date from 1999 to 2013. The papers consist of some biographical material, administrative files, financial records, correspondence, writings, exhibition files, artists' files, photographs and printed material relating to Victor Zamudio-Taylor's work as an art historian and curator and his work for the Jumex Foundation in Mexico. Also included is a DVD of a project, "The Secret Sharer," by artist Thiago Rocha Pitta, 2008.
Citation: Victor Zamudio-Taylor papers, 1999-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Biography Note: Victor Zamudio-Taylor (1956-2013) was an art historian and curator in San Francisco, California and Mexico City. Zamudio-Taylor worked as an advisor to the Jumex Foundation's president, Eugenio López-Alonso. He was also a Rockefeller Foundation senior associate researcher at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for shows including "Ultra Baroque: Aspects of Post Latin American Art," exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego in 2001, and "Cities Scape" staged at ARCO in 2006.
Language Note: Some material is in Spanish and German.
Provenance: Donated 2016 by Sophia Zamudio-Haas, Zamudio-Taylor's daughter.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Theme: Latino and Latin American; Research and writing about art

Data Source: Archives of American Art

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17410; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)384353; AAA_collcode_zamuvict