El Niņo Zapatista
Melanie Cervantes
8" x 10" linocut
20" x 26" 1 - Color, Handprinted, Screenprint, Cougar Double Thick, Printed in Oakland, 2010
"El Niño Zapatista" is my first linoleum cut.Reading about Mexico's foremost political printshop, Taller de Grafica Popular (Spanish: "People's Graphic Workshop") was a artist's print collective founded in Mexico in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Méndez, Pablo O'Higgins, and Luis Arenal. The collective was primarily concerned with using art to advance revolutionary social causes. The print shop became a base of political activity and abundant artistic output, and attracted many artists from outside of Mexico as collaborators.
Many of the artists in TGP created political posters and used linocuts as a way to create print multiples. The artist whose skill inspired me most is Leopoldo Mendez. Mendez used tools meant for engraving for linocuts and was a master at his art.
I chose to create a portrait of a young boy from a Zapatisa community.
Tags: ezln , zapatista , "dignidad rebelde
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