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Infinitas Gracias, the first major display of Mexican miracle paintings in the world, shows individuals asking a saint for help or expressing thanks for being saved. The pleas range from the dramatic – life-saving surgery – to the more prosaic – a lost pair of donkeys and a slightly injured finger. Mexican votives are small paintings, often executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of human appeal for delivery from disaster.
Usually commissioned from local artists, they tell intensely personal stories through which a markedly human history of communities and their culture can be read. Through news reports, photographs, devotional artefacts, film and interviews, this exhibition revealed the depth of votive tradition in Mexico.
Its contemporary legacy was illustrated by modern-day offerings from a Guanajuato church: a paper shower of letters, certificates, photographs, clothing and flowers. The continuing influence of these vernacular paintings is seen in the work of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, who were avid collectors.
