Tuesday, October 23, 2018

After Posada: Revolution











After Posada: Revolution
October 12, 2018 - January 20, 2019
Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Gallery
Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (b. 1852 Aguascalientes, d. 1913 Mexico City) died three years into his country’s revolution, yet the thousands of satirical illustrations he left behind suggest he was always fighting injustice. After Posada: Revolution revolves around over one-hundred rarely seen Posada images as they circulated during his lifetime: in broadsheets, or popular single-page newspapers illustrating political commentary, crime stories, ballads about everyday life, and more. Featured are the printmaker’s beloved calaveras (skulls), as well as his fiercest works depicting moments from the Mexican Revolution, such as the exploits of leader Emiliano Zapata. The exhibition, drawn from the collection of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, recontextualizes Posada’s influential work, which is often presented through posthumously-produced stand-alone prints. Here the broadsheets are shown, alongside several seldom-seen small “chap” books and metal-faced wood printing blocks, photographs from the period by Agustín Víctor Casasola, and related archival material, including satirical political magazines Posada may have read. Further, After Posada illuminates the printmaker’s legacy through commissioned works by Andrea Bowers and Cruz Ortiz, contemporary artists who each have distinct relationships to Posada’s practice. While Bowers has produced large-scale prints of political figures in homage to Posada’s, for Ortiz the printmaker has served as a lifelong touchstone for his own activities inside and outside the studio. Both intergenerational and multi-media, After Posada: Revolution enlivens understandings of not only a seminal Mexican artist but also what it means to address social and political injustice in art, past and present.
EPMA - Posada

Fiesta de Muertos



Fiesta de Muertos
November 3
2p - 4p
Calaveras, ofrendas, catrinas and marionettes take over the El Paso Museum of Art at this years’ Dia de Los Muertos festivities! Celebrated visiting artist collective from Mexico City, Colectivo Ultima Hora, will transform Dia de los Muertos at EPMA
Festivities continue with impressive ofrendas (altars) created by the El Paso Museum of Art and the Mexican Consulate inspired by the exhibition, After Posada: Revolution.
Join us and enjoy a variety of Day of the Dead activities, hands-on mask decorating and printmaking. Capture the best images of the first Noche de Calaveras procession with our photography workshop. Enjoy music, folkloric dance, food, pan de muerto, and much more! Day of the Dead costumes are encouraged!

https://epma.art/calendar/dia-de-los-muertos-fronterizo-2018-11-03-382


Dia de los Muertos - Centro Mayapan - 2018


Camino Real Ballet Folklorico "Celebration of Life"