Mexico must be the current Mecca of prints, as there is a huge surge in printmaking just south of El Paso's border. We followed the Mexican artists' example when we put together the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta of Southwest printmakers (exhibited at the EPMA in 2016). In fact, half of the Desert Triangle print editions were produced in Mexico -- Mexico City, Jalapa, and Oaxaca. Naturally we could not resist collecting prints from contemporary Mexican printmakers -- and it is a selection of such that is currently on display.
El Paso printmakers continue to work with Mexican printmakers. Later in October for instance, the Horned Toad Print Exchange goes on view in Oaxaca. This print exchange was organized by Manuel Guerra in El Paso, but includes Mexican printmakers. It would be wonderful to see this international art dialogue continue and flourish.
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--Karl Whitaker
Set-up was mostly finished by Wednesday, October 4, 2017, on the first floor of the El Paso Museum of Art, in the far back room.
(All measurements below are in inches):
--Karl Whitaker
SET-UP
Set-up was mostly finished by Wednesday, October 4, 2017, on the first floor of the El Paso Museum of Art, in the far back room.
THE PRINTS
(All measurements below are in inches):
Relief Print
Puebla
Relief Print
Puebla
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
"De la Tierra al Cielo -- Del Cielo a la Tierra"
Relief Print
Oaxaca
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
"La Fina Estampa"
Serigraph
Mexico City
19.5 in width
"La Palabra Florecen"
Serigraph
Oaxaca
"Presagio Lacustre"
Intaglio
Morelia
(framed 17.5w x 13h)
Lithograph
Oaxaca
Relief Print
Oaxaca/Riverside
22 in width
"Self Portrait"
Relief Print
Puebla
(framed 14w x 14h)
"En Cada Piedra Hay una Posibiliad"
Lithograph
La Ceiba Grafica
Jalapa, Veracruz
(framed 30w x 25.5h)
"Direccion del Peatón"
Lithograph
La Ceiba Grafica
Coatepec, Veracruz
(framed 21w x 19.5h)
"43 Somos Todos"
Relief Print
Relief Print
10.5 in width
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
"Zacatecos"
Relief Print
Mexico City
"Espartaco"
Relief Print
Puebla
26.5 in width
"Extinción 02"
Relief Print
Mexico City
Relief Print
Mexico City
29 in width
Relief Print
Oaxaca
Lithograph
Oaxaca
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
Lithograph
Oaxaca
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
"Dia de Muertos en Edo"
Relief Print
Patzcuaro, Michoacán
(framed 27w x 21h)
Relief Print
Oaxaca
(framed 17.5w x 21h)
"Pesca Onírica"
Relief Print
Oaxaca
(framed 23w x 19.5h)
Relief Print
Oaxaca
(framed: 27w x 23h)
HUGE PRINTS
Edith Chavez (left)
Ivan Bautista (right)
Relief Prints
Oaxaca
This show comes mostly from the exhibition last August in Albuquerque -- "From Behind the Wall: Prints by Contemporary Mexican Maestros." There are larger prints in that show, which were not framed, but hung exposed with poster hangers. View all the prints at this link.
Also, there are 3 huge prints from Oaxaca, which were viewed once at UTEP.
Plus we can show the Oaxaca Carpeta, like we did during the opening at Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop.
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