"¡Viva la Revolución! José Guadalupe Posada and the Taller de Gráfica Popular" will showcase the work of José Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913), a pioneering printmaker who profoundly impacted the development of political critique in Mexican art, especially that of the Mexican Muralists and the group known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (The People’s Print Workshop, or TGP).
Between 1872 and 1913, Posada produced more than 20,000 prints for newspapers, street gazettes, and broadsheets. Often referred to as the Mexican Goya, his prints were alternately satirical, humorous, or cynical. He is best known for his images of calaveras (skulls or skeletons), which reference both Mexican pre-Columbian art and popular Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) festivals. These skeletons began as scathing caricatures of politicians and the bourgeoisie and evolved into characters enacting the idiosyncrasies of everyday Mexican life. As Diego Rivera described his friend: “Posada was so outstanding that perhaps...one day his name may be forgotten. He was so closely associated with the spirit of the Mexican people that he may end up just as an abstraction.”
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