{"title":"Mexican Art Collection 1980s - Discover Unique Works","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eMexican art collection 1980s , During the 1980s, many artists living in Mexico began to seek new alternatives to the forms of expression that had dominated Mexican art of the 1960s and 1970s, especially international trends such as abstraction. A number of painters sought to evoke dream-like fantasy in their art, creating vibrant and symbolic images which often integrated traditional elements of Mexican iconography. Principal among these artists was a re-interpretation of Mexican identity, as well as the intense inward scrutiny of the artists’ individuality. Issues of gender –i.e., feminism and personal solutions to the socio-political role of the artists in a developing nation, were manifested in much of the work during this intense period.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eToday, thanks to dynamic artists, galleries and patrons and the globalization of the world art scene, contemporary Mexican art is reaching galleries the world over. Mexico City has become an international art hot spot, while other cities such as Monterrey, Oaxaca, Mazatlán and Guadalajara also have thriving art scenes. Mexican artists attempt to interpret the uncertainties of the 21st century in diverse ways. The pendulum has swung away from abstraction to hyper-representation, photorealism, installations, video and street art.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eNo discussion of culture in Mexico City is complete without mention of its museums: there are more than 150 in total, surpassing every city on Earth, bar London.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mna.inah.gob.mx\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.mna.inah.gob.mx\/\"\u003eThe National Museum of Anthropology\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eis a must for any visitor, though the biggest change on the landscape has been the recent building of new art museums. The standouts from the past dozen years include the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.museosoumaya.org\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.museosoumaya.org\/\"\u003eSoumaya Museum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(showing the collection of Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim); the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionjumex.org\/en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionjumex.org\/en\"\u003eJumex Museum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(housing the art of businessman Eugenio López Alonso); and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca aria-describedby=\"a11y-external-message\" href=\"https:\/\/muac.unam.mx\/?lang=en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/muac.unam.mx\/?lang=en\"\u003eMuseo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(MUAC), with its collection of mainly Mexican art from 1952 onwards.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e‘Mexico is a large, highly centralised nation — and the capital is its stage,’ says Minerva Cuevas, an artist born and bred in Mexico City. ‘People from the rest of the country flock here for work, so public space is constantly being negotiated’. It is also a young city: the average age of its citizens is 26, meaning there should be no lack of creative energy to maintain a thriving cultural scene. ‘That’s absolutely crucial,’ says Gabriela Lobo, Managing Director of Christie’s Mexico. ‘The scene here is vibrant and youthful, with lots of artists, buyers and sellers all still in their twenties. As impressive as things are currently, in many ways it’s just planting the seed for an even more impressive future.’\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWe have assembled this collection over a period of more than 20 years. The vast majority of the MLA Gallery works are by artists who's work we are very passionate about. Feel free to inquire for detailed bios, CV's and more information about this work, or a specific artist. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eThough we have some work in the gallery that may not be seen here, this is the bulk of the collection. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMLA Gallery offers exceptional customer service and enjoys an outstanding reputation (please see our feedback on Google, Yelp, or Facebook). We have been around for 20 years, with a brick and mortar gallery near downtown Los Angeles. We always guarantee your satisfaction with the any work in the gallery, or your money back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cazador","title":"Jose Fors - Cazador","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003eDone in 2000, this huge etching is 34.5\" x 45\" (88cm. x 114cm.). From an edition of 75, in immaculate condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a large and exceptionally fine etching by this great artist, in very good condition. These are impossible to find. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The expression of facial psychology has rarely been achieved with the detailed realism of Fors. With Renaissance precision, he shows us what cannot be photographed, the spiritual state of suffering that our faces and expressions hide, the obscure realm of sentiment, the abysses of the heart, the desperate lonliness that destroys us\"... Humberto Saldana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite etching is typical of the kind of raw power Fors infuses into his work. This print was done in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Fors currently resides. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn July 30, 1958 in Havana, Cuba. In 1967 his family moved to Mexico City, where he spent the last part of his childhood. He spent his adolescence in Guadalajara, Jalisco. In 1990, Carlos Avilez and José Fors founded the musical group CUCA, which performs irreverent rock and hard rock songs, forming part of one of the most recognized bands of these genres in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, the University of Guadalajara published the book José Fors 25 Years, accompanied by a major retrospective exhibition at the University’s Museum of the Arts. Since 1991 he exhibits annually in his studio. With more than 63 solo exhibitions, 42 group exhibitions around the world, more than 20 recorded albums and a career of 30 years in the CUCA group, José Fors has become a benchmark of tapatío art, receiving countless awards and recognitions. Today, Fors works in Zapopan, Jalisco where he lives with his wife and son Jack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis first single exhibition was at the Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Florida in 1979. 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From an edition of only 75, in immaculate condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lovely lithograph was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 75 and in good condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. Some of its members had belonged to the League of Writers and Revolutionary Artists (LEAR), which had been launched in 1934. The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Clandestina","offer_id":182714762,"sku":"3031","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/sku3031_JuanSebastianBarbera_Clandestina_copy_1.jpg?v=1456860388"},{"product_id":"compasion","title":"Juan Sebastian Barbera - Compasion","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA gorgeous etching, done in 1994, measuring 29\" x 22\" (74cm. x 56cm.). From an edition of only 75, in immaculate condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis lovely lithograph was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 75 and in good condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. Some of its members had belonged to the League of Writers and Revolutionary Artists (LEAR), which had been launched in 1934. The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Compasion","offer_id":182717552,"sku":"3034","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/sku3034_JuanSebastianBarbera_Compasion_copy.jpg?v=1456860448"},{"product_id":"contabulacion-1","title":"Juan Sebastian Barbera - Contabulacion","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous etching, done in 1994, measuring 29\" x 22\" (74cm. x 56cm.). From an edition of only 75, in immaculate condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lovely lithograph was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 75 and in good condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. 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The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. 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From an edition of only 75, in immaculate condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis lovely lithograph was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 75 and in good condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. 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His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. Some of its members had belonged to the League of Writers and Revolutionary Artists (LEAR), which had been launched in 1934. The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Conspiracion","offer_id":182719542,"sku":"3033","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/sku3033_JuanSebastianBarbera_Conspiracion_copy_1.jpg?v=1456860477"},{"product_id":"stump-man","title":"Rene Vasquez - Stump Man","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"cellspacing: 20;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eARTIST\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/mlagallery.com\/collections\/jose-fors\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/mlagallery.com\/collections\/rene-vasquez\"\u003eRENE VASQUEZ\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStump Man\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWork Date  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCategory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaintings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePastel, ink, and colored pencil on birch wood panel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 48 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 24 in \/ \u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 121.9 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 65 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstructivism\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e$2,500. We offer competitive pricing, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/mlagallery.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003eplease inquire\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGallery Ph.  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e323-222-3400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is from a series of works on wood panels by Rene Vasquez, done in 2007. Though this artist comes from a primarily Mexican background, he was raised in Southern California. The work is very suggestive of the magical realism of a Leonora Carrington, or Remedios Varo. His work has alot of the precision, technical mastery, and conceptual brilliance displayed by both of those outstanding Latin Masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is from a recent series of works on wood panels by Rene Vasquez. Though this artist comes from a primarily Mexican background, he was raised in Southern California. The work is very suggestive of the magical realism of a Leonora Carrington, or Remedios Varo. His work has alot of the precision, technical mastery, and conceptual brilliance displayed by both of those outstanding Latin Masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe following is a quote of Vasquez, which offers some insight into this exquisite body of work. \"I am a self-confessed narcissist, and agnostic, though I long to find God and to be less self consumed. In my work I have gone all the way from the pursuit of poetry and beauty, to the ugliness and terror wrought by the desire of man. I have come to the point where I believe there is one pervasive theme and urgency facing man, or more specifically men. That is the ongoing femenization and the effort to strip men, of his masculine role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese paintings depict myself as I seek the base origin of this masculine nature. I confess I am a sucker for beautiful woman, and much of history seems to stem from the pursuit of beauty and pleasure. It seems like the amount of destruction caused by this pursuit, is in direct proportion to the nature and extent of an individuals particular fetish and obsession. \u2028In my case, as I stated earlier, it is the desire to possess beauty, and to be surrounded by it. While still a youth a theory occurred to me, that in order to possess beauty, I had to mimic it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have since come to realize that beauty must be a form of power. I am in the process of resolving, and working on my own deprogramming, in order to return to the source of my own being, and in order to become a more realized man. It seems to be a process of evolving past stupidity, failure, and self abuse, perhaps by developing more self control? I am born naked and bound to the earth with my eyes on the heavens and dreams of immortality. I need to be broken, of so many of my misconceptions. I need to free myself from my tangle of the undergrowth.My wife tells me I am an oaf and a chauvinist but throws herself at me in the same breath. \u003cbr\u003eI know I am on to something.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA","offers":[{"title":"Stump Man","offer_id":182727372,"sku":"2035","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/Vasquez_-_Stump_Man_A_-_med_res.jpg?v=1456862377"},{"product_id":"rescue-me","title":"Rene Vasquez - Rescue Me","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ctable table=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"90%\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup title=\"title\" span=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRene Vasquez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRescue Me\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWork Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCategory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaintings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePastel, ink, and colored pencil on birch wood panel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 48 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 30 in \/ \u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 121.9 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 75 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstructivism\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e$2,700. We offer competitive pricing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info call us at 323-744-7550. Or to see many more works from the gallery collection, please visit our updated Artnet site at:  \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDescription\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is from a series of works on wood panels by Rene Vasquez, done in 2007. Though this artist comes from a primarily Mexican background, he was raised in Southern California. The work is very suggestive of the magical realism of a Leonora Carrington, or Remedios Varo. His work has alot of the precision, technical mastery, and conceptual brilliance displayed by both of those outstanding Latin Masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is from a recent series of works on wood panels by Rene Vasquez. Though this artist comes from a primarily Mexican background, he was raised in Southern California. The work is very suggestive of the magical realism of a Leonora Carrington, or Remedios Varo. His work has alot of the precision, technical mastery, and conceptual brilliance displayed by both of those outstanding Latin Masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe following is a quote of Vasquez, which offers some insight into this exquisite body of work. \"I am a self-confessed narcissist, and agnostic, though I long to find God and to be less self consumed. In my work I have gone all the way from the pursuit of poetry and beauty, to the ugliness and terror wrought by the desire of man. I have come to the point where I believe there is one pervasive theme and urgency facing man, or more specifically men. That is the ongoing femenization and the effort to strip men, of his masculine role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese paintings depict myself as I seek the base origin of this masculine nature. I confess I am a sucker for beautiful woman, and much of history seems to stem from the pursuit of beauty and pleasure. It seems like the amount of destruction caused by this pursuit, is in direct proportion to the nature and extent of an individuals particular fetish and obsession. \u2028In my case, as I stated earlier, it is the desire to possess beauty, and to be surrounded by it. 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It is 30\" x 22\", and is from a small edition of only 20. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1937 Anguiano joined the Revolutionary Writers and Artists League. Together, with Alfredo Zalce and Pablo O'Higgins, he was also a founding member of thePopular Graphics Workshop, where artist practised a graphic style based on Mexico's folk traditions. This was due to the powerful influence of the recently discovered Jose Guadalupe Posada and Goya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaúl Anguiano belongs to the so-called \"Third Generation\" of post-revolutionary painters, along with Juan O'Gorman, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado, Alfredo Zalce, Jesús Guerrero Galván and Julio Castellanos, all known for being unorthodox, associated in politics and in art, while at the same time, holding to certain traditional canons. Anguiano's work is viewed as an expression of its time because of its undeniably Mexican flavour, and the link to his people is clear, not only in his murals but also on canvas, etchings, pencil and ink drawings, lithographs and illustrations, and also more recently in sculpture and ceramics. Without compromising his personality or ethnic roots, and at the same time not allowing them to limit him, Anguiano has vindicated and taken advantage of the principles of modern art, giving him a universal and transcending character of his boundary work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnguiano held his first solo exhibition, entitled \"Raúl Anguiano and Máximo Pacheco\" at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, in 1935; and in 1940 he took part in his first collective exhibition \"Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art\". These were followed by more than 100 shows in many countries as Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, United States, France, Italy, the former Soviet Union, Israel, Germany and Japan. 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This print is absolutely gorgeous, is in mint condition, is very rare and difficult to find, and has never been framed. It is 30\" x 22\", and is from a small edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1937 Anguiano joined the Revolutionary Writers and Artists League. Together, with Alfredo Zalce and Pablo O'Higgins, he was also a founding member of thePopular Graphics Workshop, where artist practised a graphic style based on Mexico's folk traditions. This was due to the powerful influence of the recently discovered Jose Guadalupe Posada and Goya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaúl Anguiano belongs to the so-called \"Third Generation\" of post-revolutionary painters, along with Juan O'Gorman, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado, Alfredo Zalce, Jesús Guerrero Galván and Julio Castellanos, all known for being unorthodox, associated in politics and in art, while at the same time, holding to certain traditional canons. Anguiano's work is viewed as an expression of its time because of its undeniably Mexican flavour, and the link to his people is clear, not only in his murals but also on canvas, etchings, pencil and ink drawings, lithographs and illustrations, and also more recently in sculpture and ceramics. Without compromising his personality or ethnic roots, and at the same time not allowing them to limit him, Anguiano has vindicated and taken advantage of the principles of modern art, giving him a universal and transcending character of his boundary work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnguiano held his first solo exhibition, entitled \"Raúl Anguiano and Máximo Pacheco\" at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, in 1935; and in 1940 he took part in his first collective exhibition \"Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art\". These were followed by more than 100 shows in many countries as Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, United States, France, Italy, the former Soviet Union, Israel, Germany and Japan. His most recent exhibitions include the presentation of a series of four colour lithographs, held at the Hall of Graphic Arts SAGA 88, from 1989 to 1990, in Paris; and the retrospective look at Anguiano's work in graphics (1938-1940), held at the National Print Museum in Mexico City in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Onyx Horses","offer_id":183480212,"sku":"3014","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/sku3014_RaulAngulano_OnyxHorses_copy.jpg?v=1456861602"},{"product_id":"woman-with-turban","title":"Raul Anguiano - Woman with Turban","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"cellspacing: 20;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/Artists_Detail.asp?aid=18645\u0026amp;gid=424078452\u0026amp;rta=http:\/\/www.artnet.com\"\u003eRaúl Anguiano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWoman with Turban\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWork Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1981\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree color stone lithograph\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdition\/Set Of  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe edition size was only 20. This print is signed, and numbered by Anguiano.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMexican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContemporary\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e$1400\u003cbr\u003eMLA Gallery offers competitive pricing, well below retail, on all of our inventory. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGallery Ph.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e323-792-3779\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis outstanding lithograph, by the late Mexican Master Raul Anguiano was done by Ocean Works Lithographs, in Newport Beach, CA, in 1981. This print was handprinted by Conrad A. Schwable, a Tamarind Master Printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1937 Anguiano joined the Revolutionary Writers and Artists League. Together, with Alfredo Zalce and Pablo O'Higgins, he was also a founding member of thePopular Graphics Workshop, where artist practised a graphic style based on Mexico's folk traditions. This was due to the powerful influence of the recently discovered Jose Guadalupe Posada and Goya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaúl Anguiano belongs to the so-called \"Third Generation\" of post-revolutionary painters, along with Juan O'Gorman, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado, Alfredo Zalce, Jesús Guerrero Galván and Julio Castellanos, all known for being unorthodox, associated in politics and in art, while at the same time, holding to certain traditional canons. Anguiano's work is viewed as an expression of its time because of its undeniably Mexican flavour, and the link to his people is clear, not only in his murals but also on canvas, etchings, pencil and ink drawings, lithographs and illustrations, and also more recently in sculpture and ceramics. Without compromising his personality or ethnic roots, and at the same time not allowing them to limit him, Anguiano has vindicated and taken advantage of the principles of modern art, giving him a universal and transcending character of his boundary work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnguiano held his first solo exhibition, entitled \"Raúl Anguiano and Máximo Pacheco\" at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, in 1935; and in 1940 he took part in his first collective exhibition \"Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art\". These were followed by more than 100 shows in many countries as Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, United States, France, Italy, the former Soviet Union, Israel, Germany and Japan. His most recent exhibitions include the presentation of a series of four colour lithographs, held at the Hall of Graphic Arts SAGA 88, from 1989 to 1990, in Paris; and the retrospective look at Anguiano's work in graphics (1938-1940), held at the National Print Museum in Mexico City in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe offer a life-time trade in policy. Please inquire. We have been in business for 20 years, and enjoy a very good feedback rating. We believe in, and offer outstanding customer service. MLA Gallery has a large selection of paintings, graphics, sculptures, and drawings by established Latin artists, and Latin Masters. Please inquire for many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info call us at (323) 744-7550, or to see a greater selection of the gallery work, please visit our Artnet site at:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Woman with Turban","offer_id":207270551,"sku":"3041","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/Anguiano_-_Woman_with_Turban-a.jpg?v=1456862508"},{"product_id":"agonia","title":"Juan Sebastian Barbera - Agonia","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 52px; margin-right: 52px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22\" x 15\", done in 1994. An edition of only 50, in immaculate condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lovely etching was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 50 and in mint condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The expression of facial psychology has rarely been achieved with the detailed realism of Fors. With Renaissance precision, he shows us what cannot be photographed, the spiritual state of suffering that our faces and expressions hide, the obscure realm of sentiment, the abysses of the heart, the desperate lonliness that destroys us\"... Humberto Saldana. This exquisite etching is typical of the kind of raw power Fors infuses into his work. This print was done in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Fors currently resides. he was born in Havana, Cuba in 1958, and moved to the United States in 1960. Traveled to Mexico in 1967, living first in Guadalajara and later moving to Mexico City. In 1976 moved to Miami, Florida and studied for three years with Robert Martinez. He returned to Guadalajara where he lives today. His first single exhibition was at the Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Florida in 1979. He has had notable exhibitions from Miami, Florida to Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts to Winnipeg, Canada to Tokyo, Japan to Guadalajara, Mexico. His work is in the permanent collections of the Blanton Museum of Art, in Austin, Texas, the San Antonio Museum of Art, in San Antonio, Texas, the Wurt Museum, in Germany, the Museum of Art at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago, Illinois, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Cuba; the Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; the Museum of the Americas, Nicaragua; the Photographic Library of Pachuca, Mexico; the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles, California, among other important institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. Some of its members had belonged to the League of Writers and Revolutionary Artists (LEAR), which had been launched in 1934. The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Agonia","offer_id":315460413,"sku":"3060","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/Barbera_-_Agonia_etching_-_22_x_15.jpg?v=1456860028"},{"product_id":"seduccion","title":"Juan Sebastian Barbera - Seduccion","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ctable cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" table=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup span=\"2\" title=\"title\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuan Sebastian Barbera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeduccion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWork Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1994\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCategory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrints\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEtching\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdition of\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 22 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 15 in \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMexico\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContemporary\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e$595. We offer competitive pricing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGallery Ph.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e323-744-7550\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDescription\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lovely etching was printed by Poligrafa, in Barcelona in 1994. Printed on thick paper, from an edition of only 50 and in mint condition, and unframed. MLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. 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In immaculate condition. From a small edition of 75.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a large and exceptionally fine etching by this great artist, in very good condition. These are impossible to find. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The expression of facial psychology has rarely been achieved with the detailed realism of Fors. With Renaissance precision, he shows us what cannot be photographed, the spiritual state of suffering that our faces and expressions hide, the obscure realm of sentiment, the abysses of the heart, the desperate lonliness that destroys us\"... Humberto Saldana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite etching is typical of the kind of raw power Fors infuses into his work. This print was done in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Fors currently resides. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn July 30, 1958 in Havana, Cuba. In 1967 his family moved to Mexico City, where he spent the last part of his childhood. He spent his adolescence in Guadalajara, Jalisco. In 1990, Carlos Avilez and José Fors founded the musical group CUCA, which performs irreverent rock and hard rock songs, forming part of one of the most recognized bands of these genres in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, the University of Guadalajara published the book José Fors 25 Years, accompanied by a major retrospective exhibition at the University’s Museum of the Arts. Since 1991 he exhibits annually in his studio. With more than 63 solo exhibitions, 42 group exhibitions around the world, more than 20 recorded albums and a career of 30 years in the CUCA group, José Fors has become a benchmark of tapatío art, receiving countless awards and recognitions. Today, Fors works in Zapopan, Jalisco where he lives with his wife and son Jack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis first single exhibition was at the Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Florida in 1979. 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Please inquire for many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eCora's work is included in the permanent collections of the following museums: \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico, D.F. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eMuseo de Arte Moderno; INBA, Mexico, D.F. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eMuseo de Arte de Queretaro; Queretaro, Mexico. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eEverson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eKnoxville Museum of Art; Knoxville, TN. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-6\"\u003eSamuel P. 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In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. 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It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. 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Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. La exhibición muestra la identidad cultural como algo que evoluciona continuamente a través del tiempo, de regiones y de comunidades,  en vez de señalarla como una entidad estática e inmutable, exhibiendo para esto, artefactos mesoamericanos y coloniales, arte moderno mexicano, arte popular, y arte contemporáneo de los dos lados de la frontera EE.UU-México.  La gran diversidad de identidades mexicanas mostradas en estas obras desafía la noción de una sola historia lineal e identidad única. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Confusionista","offer_id":29376706576486,"sku":"3035","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/Barbera-_Confusionista_-_hi_res_3146d546-af70-48a1-951b-9c768f5178ba.jpg?v=1562385707"},{"product_id":"beauty-is-an-act-of-rebellion","title":"Rene Vasquez - Beauty is an act of rebellion","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ctable table=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"90%\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup title=\"title\" span=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRene Vasquez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRescue Me\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWork Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCategory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaintings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePastel, ink, and colored pencil on birch wood panel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 48 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 30 in \/ \u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 121.9 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 75 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstructivism\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e$2,700. We offer competitive pricing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info call us at 323-744-7550. Or to see many more works from the gallery collection, please visit our updated Artnet site at:  \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDescription\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is from a series of works on wood panels by Rene Vasquez, done in 2018. Though this artist comes from a primarily Mexican background, he was raised in Southern California. 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In my work I have gone all the way from the pursuit of poetry and beauty, to the ugliness and terror wrought by the desire of man. I have come to the point where I believe there is one pervasive theme and urgency facing man, or more specifically men. That is the ongoing femenization and the effort to strip men, of his masculine role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese paintings depict myself as I seek the base origin of this masculine nature. I confess I am a sucker for beautiful woman, and much of history seems to stem from the pursuit of beauty and pleasure. It seems like the amount of destruction caused by this pursuit, is in direct proportion to the nature and extent of an individuals particular fetish and obsession. \u2028In my case, as I stated earlier, it is the desire to possess beauty, and to be surrounded by it. 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In my work I have gone all the way from the pursuit of poetry and beauty, to the ugliness and terror wrought by the desire of man. I have come to the point where I believe there is one pervasive theme and urgency facing man, or more specifically men. That is the ongoing femenization and the effort to strip men, of his masculine role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese paintings depict myself as I seek the base origin of this masculine nature. I confess I am a sucker for beautiful woman, and much of history seems to stem from the pursuit of beauty and pleasure. It seems like the amount of destruction caused by this pursuit, is in direct proportion to the nature and extent of an individuals particular fetish and obsession. \u2028In my case, as I stated earlier, it is the desire to possess beauty, and to be surrounded by it. 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In my work I have gone all the way from the pursuit of poetry and beauty, to the ugliness and terror wrought by the desire of man. I have come to the point where I believe there is one pervasive theme and urgency facing man, or more specifically men. That is the ongoing femenization and the effort to strip men, of his masculine role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese paintings depict myself as I seek the base origin of this masculine nature. I confess I am a sucker for beautiful woman, and much of history seems to stem from the pursuit of beauty and pleasure. It seems like the amount of destruction caused by this pursuit, is in direct proportion to the nature and extent of an individuals particular fetish and obsession. \u2028In my case, as I stated earlier, it is the desire to possess beauty, and to be surrounded by it. 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He has spent years as a professor of the arts, at various Mexican Universities, and now divides his time between Mexico City, and Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is oil on canvas, measures 48\" x 48\", and is unframed, but stretched. It was done in 1985. Many consider the 1980's, to be Theo's strongest period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheo's work embodies alot of the technical mastery of the work of his contemporary, Francisco Toledo. And at 1% the cost of a comparable Toledo, his work represents a good value. Work with this level of brooding intensity is not common in Oaxaca. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is amongst his best work from the past 1980's. It is absolutely astonishing in it's power, execution and technique. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn as Telesforo Hugo Martinez Ramirez, hence the nickname Theo, in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1952. He was formerly an art professor at the University of Oaxaca, for many years. Using a typically Oaxacan palette his work resembles that of Tamayo and Toledo, with a hint of Chagall. It is fresh and original, with a definitive surrealist feel, and a great deal of power and intensity. His work is imaginative, colorful, captivating, and possesses a lot of the mysticism that makes Oaxacan art so profound. Theo has developed a language using many of the symbols, which are so prominent in Mexican, Oaxacan, and ancient Toltec folklore, and mythology. Theo has paintings in the permanent collection of Museo del Arte, Mexico City, as well as several prominent private collections in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. He has recently been exhibiting his work at a gallery in Paris, as well as MLA Gallery in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29518256472166,"sku":"7009","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/IMG_0367.jpg?v=1566887220"},{"product_id":"poro-por-el-desierto","title":"Theo - El desierto","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis outstanding Mexican artist, is from Oaxaca. His work reflects some of the sensibility, power, aesthetics, technique, and magic of the very best work from that region. He has spent years as a professor of the arts, at various Mexican Universities, and now divides his time between Mexico City, and Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is mixed medial on canvas, measures 48\" x 48\", and is unframed, but stretched. It was done in 1985. Many consider the 1980's, to be Theo's strongest period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheo's work embodies alot of the technical mastery of the work of his contemporary, Francisco Toledo. And at 1% the cost of a comparable Toledo, his work represents a good value. Work with this level of brooding intensity is not common in Oaxaca. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is amongst his best work from the past 1980's. It is absolutely astonishing in it's power, execution and technique. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn as Telesforo Hugo Martinez Ramirez, hence the nickname Theo, in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1952. He was formerly an art professor at the University of Oaxaca, for many years. Using a typically Oaxacan palette his work resembles that of Tamayo and Toledo, with a hint of Chagall. It is fresh and original, with a definitive surrealist feel, and a great deal of power and intensity. His work is imaginative, colorful, captivating, and possesses a lot of the mysticism that makes Oaxacan art so profound. Theo has developed a language using many of the symbols, which are so prominent in Mexican, Oaxacan, and ancient Toltec folklore, and mythology. Theo has paintings in the permanent collection of Museo del Arte, Mexico City, as well as several prominent private collections in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. He has recently been exhibiting his work at a gallery in Paris, as well as MLA Gallery in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29518267646054,"sku":"7010","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/IMG_0366.jpg?v=1566887415"},{"product_id":"tabaco-sagrada","title":"Theo - Tabaco Sagrada","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis outstanding Mexican artist, is from Oaxaca. His work reflects some of the sensibility, power, aesthetics, technique, and magic of the very best work from that region. He has spent years as a professor of the arts, at various Mexican Universities, and now divides his time between Mexico City, and Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is mixed medial on canvas, measures 48\" x 48\", and is unframed, but stretched. It was done in 1985. Many consider the 1980's, to be Theo's strongest period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheo's work embodies alot of the technical mastery of the work of his contemporary, Francisco Toledo. And at 1% the cost of a comparable Toledo, his work represents a good value. Work with this level of brooding intensity is not common in Oaxaca. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is amongst his best work from the past 1980's. It is absolutely astonishing in it's power, execution and technique. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn as Telesforo Hugo Martinez Ramirez, hence the nickname Theo, in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1952. He was formerly an art professor at the University of Oaxaca, for many years. Using a typically Oaxacan palette his work resembles that of Tamayo and Toledo, with a hint of Chagall. It is fresh and original, with a definitive surrealist feel, and a great deal of power and intensity. His work is imaginative, colorful, captivating, and possesses a lot of the mysticism that makes Oaxacan art so profound. Theo has developed a language using many of the symbols, which are so prominent in Mexican, Oaxacan, and ancient Toltec folklore, and mythology. Theo has paintings in the permanent collection of Museo del Arte, Mexico City, as well as several prominent private collections in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. He has recently been exhibiting his work at a gallery in Paris, as well as MLA Gallery in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29518275248230,"sku":"7011","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/IMG_0368.jpg?v=1566887550"},{"product_id":"la-madre-espiritu","title":"Theo - La Madre Espiritu","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis outstanding Mexican artist, is from Oaxaca. His work reflects some of the sensibility, power, aesthetics, technique, and magic of the very best work from that region. He has spent years as a professor of the arts, at various Mexican Universities, and now divides his time between Mexico City, and Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is oil on canvas, and measures 60\" x 48\", and is unframed, but stretched. It was done in 2004. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheo's work embodies alot of the technical mastery of the work of his contemporary, Francisco Toledo. And at 1% the cost of a comparable Toledo, his work represents a good value. Work with this level of brooding intensity is not common in Oaxaca. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is absolutely astonishing in it's power, execution and technique. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn as Telesforo Hugo Martinez Ramirez, hence the nickname Theo, in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1952. He was formerly an art professor at the University of Oaxaca, for many years. Using a typically Oaxacan palette his work resembles that of Tamayo and Toledo, with a hint of Chagall. It is fresh and original, with a definitive surrealist feel, and a great deal of power and intensity. His work is imaginative, colorful, captivating, and possesses a lot of the mysticism that makes Oaxacan art so profound. Theo has developed a language using many of the symbols, which are so prominent in Mexican, Oaxacan, and ancient Toltec folklore, and mythology. Theo has paintings in the permanent collection of Museo del Arte, Mexico City, as well as several prominent private collections in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. He has recently been exhibiting his work at a gallery in Paris, as well as MLA Gallery in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLA Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29518287470694,"sku":"7012","price":5900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0087\/6192\/products\/La_Madre_espiritu.jpg?v=1566887848"},{"product_id":"mujeres-bailando-1","title":"Guillermo Ceniceros - Mujeres bailando","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e       TITLE: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMujeres bailando\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5f5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003eARTIST: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/Artists_Detail.asp?aid=424150288\u0026amp;gid=424078452\u0026amp;rta=http:\/\/www.artnet.com\"\u003eGuillermo Ceniceros\u003c\/a\u003e (Mexican, b.1939)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003eWORK DATE: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e1987\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5f5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003eCATEGORY: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" 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valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eh:\u003c\/b\u003e 31 x \u003cb\u003ew:\u003c\/b\u003e 23 in \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003eSTYLE: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003eContemporary\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5f5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003ePRICE*: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e$975\u003cbr\u003e MLA Gallery offers competitive pricing, well below retail, on all of our inventory.   \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGALLERY: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info call us at 323-744-7550. Or to see many more works from the gallery collection, please visit our updated Artnet site at:  \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.artnet.com\/galleries\/mla-gallery\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5f5\"\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"15\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an outstanding lithograph, from the 1980's. It is on a thick, hand crafted paper, and is gorgeous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCeniceros is a very well established Mexican artist, having participated in over 200 solo and group shows around the world. He was the foremost apprentice of the Mexican Master David Siqueiros, and was his assistant, while he was executing many of his great murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe began exhibiting in 1956, at the age of 16. This outstanding artist not only has a museum in Durango, Mexico devoted entirely to his work, but he has work in the permanent collection of the following institutions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexican National Institute of Social Health\u003cbr\u003e Government of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Technological Institute of Superior Studies, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City\u003cbr\u003e University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e University of Guanajato, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e El Quijote Museum, Guanajato Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Contemporary Art Museum, UNAM, Mexico City\u003cbr\u003e Guayasamin Museum, Quito Ecuador\u003cbr\u003e Museum of Contemporary Art, Morelia, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Art Museum of Patzcuaro, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Art Museum of Cuitzeo, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Art Museum of Queretaro, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Jose Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Modern Art Center, Guadalajara, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e National Museum of Art in La Habana, Cuba\u003cbr\u003e National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago De Chile, Chile\u003cbr\u003e Prilep Museum, Macedonia, Yugoslavia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMLA Gallery guarantees the authenticity of all of the Latin Master prints with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity, on the gallery letterhead. In addition, we offer a lifetime trade in policy, for the full purchase price. Please inquire about details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexico has the oldest printmaking tradition in Latin America. The first presses were established there in the 16th mainly to print devotional images for religious institutions. Because of their ephemeral nature, few of these early impressions survive. A rare early exception is a 1756 thesis proclamation printed on silk presented by a candidate for a degree in medicine. With the introduction of lithography to Mexico in the nineteenth century, printmaking and publishing greatly expanded, and artists became recognized for the character of their work. José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is often regarded as the father of Mexican printmaking. His best-known prints are of skeletons (\u003cem\u003ecalaveras\u003c\/em\u003e) published on brightly colored paper as broadsides that address topical issues and current events, love and romance, stories, popular songs, and other themes. Posada demonstrated how effective prints were for creating a visual language that everyone could understand and enjoy. In the early twentieth century, their example had a profound impact on artists who, in response to the turbulent political climate and social unrest, were similarly eager to reach broad audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best-known artists in Mexico from the early decades of the twentieth century are Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)—“Los tres grandes” (The Three Greats). They were all committed to politics but expressed their views through their art in very different ways. Of the three, Rivera—who returned to Mexico from Europe at the invitation of the government in 1921 to work on a mural project—rose to greatest prominence. Rivera’s 1932 lithograph \u003cem\u003eEmiliano Zapata and His Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, based on a detail from one of his murals at the Palace of Cortés Cuernavaca to the south of Mexico City, has become an iconic twentieth-century print. Zapata was a landowner-turned-revolutionary who formed and led the Liberation Army of the South. He embodied the aims of agrarian struggle that aspired to improve conditions for those who worked on the land. Zapata was assassinated in April 1919. Rivera’s print conflates different moments of oppression with optimistic emancipation. It was commissioned and published by the Weyhe Gallery in New York for sale to American collectors. Orozco and Siqueiros also made prints for the U.S. market, a number of which are devoid of political content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe establishment of the print collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphic Art, TGP) in Mexico City in 1937 best expresses the symbiosis between prints and politics that had developed in Mexico. Its founders, Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), Luis Arenal (1908\/9–1985) and Pablo (Paul) O’Higgins (1904–1983), were committed communists who abandoned mural painting to concentrate on printmaking, demonstrating how important prints had become as a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression. Some of its members had belonged to the League of Writers and Revolutionary Artists (LEAR), which had been launched in 1934. The TGP has a fascinating history steeped in astonishing artistic production and political intrigue. The Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937, much to the horror of the communists represented by Siqueiros, who regarded him as a pro-fascist provocateur. Rivera was a supporter of Trotsky and established a Mexican branch of the Fourth International, a socialist organization that had its own journal, \u003cem\u003eClave\u003c\/em\u003e, and ran articles attacking the USSR and the Mexican Communist Party. Siqueiros, then a guest member of the TGP, with fellow printmakers Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) and Luis Arenal, led an attempt to assassinate Trotsky in May 1940. The TGP workshop was their rendezvous point. After the failed attempt, Pujol ended up in prison and Siqueiros fled the country. Their action caused terrible ruptures in the TGP, with some remaining committed to the communist cause and others pressing for a more moderate line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1947, the year that the Society of Mexican Printmakers was founded, printmaking had broadened its horizons far beyond its proletarian roots. In fact, printmaking was now considered to be the most intimate of media. Post World War II artist felt a need to reassert private values in opposition to highly politicized work. They opened the way to more subjective investigations of personal identity and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJose Luis Cuevas, Rufino Tamayo, and Francisco Toledo are fine examples of the new sensibility. These later artists have kept alive Mexico’s reputation for excellence in the graphic arts. A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history. -\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNuestras Historias destaca la colección permanente del museo, la cual expone las historias dinámicas y diversas de la identidad mexicana en Norteamérica. 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