PAST EXHIBITION

Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920–50

July 1, 2007—September 16, 2007

This exhibition is an exciting display of nearly 150 important lithographs, etchings and woodcuts by 40 artists who came to define a new brand of Modernism, native to post-revolution Mexico – such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, Frida Kahlo, and their European and American colleagues in Mexico at the time, including Howard Cook and Elizabeth Catlett. Included are views of rural Mexico and its people, city life and workers, landscapes, portraits and studies, broadsides, important moments and figures in history, and surrealistic imagery.  Foremost to be seen in the works of art is a struggle by the artists to show the meaning of being Mexican, the economic and political conflicts of the day, and a vision of the future for this fledgling society. The exhibition is organized by Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.

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