Leopoldo Méndez

Mexican Art: A Portfolio of Mexican People and Places

1946

Signed and titled in pencil, edition of 20. Last print in the edition. Juan R. Fuentes's print, "Bracero Brothers," reflects the Chicano Art Movement of the 1970s that he helped t...

Juan Fuentes’ Bracero Brothers honors the labor, dignity, and hardship of Mexican and Mexican-American farmworkers. Rendered in bold linocut carving, the scene depicts a line of brac...

Medium: Screenprint Year: 2019 Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Edition Size: 10 Image of a native American woman in traditional garb and ceremonial dance. As a cultural activist/artist/printmaker, Juan Fuentes has dedicated his career to being part of a global movement for social change. His works address issues relating to local communities of color, social justice, and international struggles for liberation. The turbulent times of the 70’s set the tone for Fuentes' approach to creating social art. The Chicano, African American, Middle Eastern, Asian and Native American struggles for equality, peace and justice helped shape the themes that recur in his art. His development and introduction to silkscreen printing by mentors such as Rupert Garcia and Malaquias Montoya guided his subsequent community and political poster involvement. Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada...

Medium: linocut Year: 2019 Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Edition Size: 10 Image of a native American woman in traditional garb and ceremonial dance. As a cultural activist/artist/prin...

Very beautiful poster of exhibition realized by Diego Rivera in order to promote the exhibition "Mexican Art, from pre-Columbian to our days", which took place in 1952 in the National Museum of Modern Art. Diego Rivera was a leading Mexican painter. His large frescoes...

Project for a mural, signed. Technique: Graphite pencil on paper, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

This circa 1960 original poster, issued by the Dirección General de Turismo, is a bold and vivid celebration of Mexico’s indigenous heritage, titled “Mexico – Pride of Indian Culture...

Vibrant, festive, and unmistakably full of national pride, this circa 1950 original tourism poster from Mexico’s Dirección General de Turismo is a dazzling celebration of cultural ri...