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A die-cut sticker featuring a detail of Grabados Mexicanos del Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican Prints from the People’s Graphic Workshop), 1958, by Lorenzo Homar.
Lorenzo Homar was a pioneering printmaker, poster designer, calligrapher, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and designer of costumes, jewelry, and theater sets. Active from the 1950s through the 1990s, his impact and influence as a teacher of poster design and printmaking in Latin America is equaled by few.
The Taller de Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphic Workshop, TGP) was a printmaking collective founded in Mexico City in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Méndez, Pablo O’Higgins, and Luis Arenal. Their aim was to use art to fight fascism and advance revolutionary social causes. The TGP was very influential among printmakers like Homar, Carlos Raquel Rivera, and Rafael Tufiño, who were exposed to its work through exhibitions and reproductions. Black American artists, most notably the couple Charles White and Elizabeth Catlett, also went to work at the TGP in Mexico City in 1946.
The Taller de Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphic Workshop, TGP) was a printmaking collective founded in Mexico City in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Méndez, Pablo O’Higgins, and Luis Arenal. Their aim was to use art to fight fascism and advance revolutionary social causes. The TGP was very influential among printmakers like Homar, Carlos Raquel Rivera, and Rafael Tufiño, who were exposed to its work through exhibitions and reproductions. Black American artists, most notably the couple Charles White and Elizabeth Catlett, also went to work at the TGP in Mexico City in 1946.
In the original poster promoting an exhibition of TGP prints at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Homar uses the figure of the calavera (a skeletal representation of the human form, often associated with the Day of the Dead) from Mexican popular culture. The motif frequently appears in TGP prints.
Manufactured by Busy Beaver Button Co. Measures 3.5 x 2 inches.