Trixie Briceño's 'Sistemas de lo Maravilloso' at MAC Panamá Pairs Her Paintings with Ix Shells' Generative Art
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) in Panama City presents 'Trixie Briceño: sistemas de lo maravilloso', which highlights over fifty artworks by Beatrix 'Trixie' Briceño (1911–1985), a notable yet often overlooked modern artist from Panama. Curated by Jennifer Choy, Andrea Ballard, and Juan Canela, the exhibition showcases pieces from diverse collections alongside archival materials. It also features Itzel Yard's immersive installation that interprets Briceño's symbols into code. Briceño's geometric abstraction, influenced by Juan Manuel Cedeño, Betty Bentz, and Frank Schaeffer, incorporates domestic themes that mirror her transient lifestyle. This exhibition, which seeks to fill gaps in her life story, will be open until August 23, 2023, at MAC Panamá.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Trixie Briceño: sistemas de lo maravilloso' at MAC Panamá features over fifty paintings by Beatrix 'Trixie' Briceño.
- Briceño was born in London in 1911 and died in Sun City, Arizona, in 1985.
- Curated by Jennifer Choy, Andrea Ballard, and Juan Canela.
- Includes a generative installation by digital artist Itzel Yard (Ix Shells).
- Briceño studied under Juan Manuel Cedeño, Betty Bentz, and Frank Schaeffer (a student of Fernand Léger).
- Her work combines geometric abstraction with domestic surrealist motifs.
- She moved to Panama with her husband, journalist Julio Briceño, and became a Panamanian citizen at age 32.
- The exhibition runs until August 23, 2023.
- A previous retrospective 'Homenaje a Trixie Briceño' was held at MAC in 1982.
- Ix Shells' practice is called 'Caribbean glitch' and uses TouchDesigner.
Entities
Artists
- Trixie Briceño
- Ix Shells
- Itzel Yard
- Juan Manuel Cedeño
- Betty Bentz
- Frank Schaeffer
- Fernand Léger
- Alberto Dutary
- Guillermo Trujillo
Institutions
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) de Panamá
- Artishock Revista
Locations
- Panama City
- Panama
- London
- United Kingdom
- Sun City
- Arizona
- United States
- Brazil
- China
- Japan