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Madison
In the wake of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920), Mexico experienced an important print revival that paralleled the country’s great mural movement. Many of the muralists, including the celebrated José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, also made prints. For these artists and others, prints were valued, in part, because of the influential role they could play, in keeping with the activist program of monumental frescoes appearing on buildings in Mexico City and the provinces. Like murals, prints were an accessible, populist medium, and despite their smaller format, they embodied the post-revolutionary aspirations of the larger works. Mexican artists embraced printmaking as a way to transmit their political messages to the broadest audience possible. Tierra y Libertad! Revolution and the Mexican Print draws from the permanent collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, whose holdings in Mexican prints are one of the finest and most extensive in the Midwest. The exhibition presents linocuts, woodcuts, lithographs, and etchings by Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and also includes a broad array of prints produced by the Taller de gráfica popular (the print workshop of the people). Founded in 1937, TGP fervently believed in art’s capacity for social protest and the betterment of the masses. On Feb 16th, Richard H. Axsom will speak on the history of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Print Workshop of the People) and discuss prints from the workshop on view in ¡Tierra y Libertad! Established in 1937, TGP was a Mexican printmaking collective whose members believed in art's capacity for effective social protest and advancement.
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AddressMadison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State St
Madison, WI 53703
Contact InformationVoice: 608.257.0158
Email: info@mmoca.org
Directions from Nearest Town/IntersectionOn State Street in downtown Madison, adjacent to the Overture Center for the Arts and two blocks from the Capitol.
