Gritos desde el archivo

About this book

Selection of the works of 26 artists working in the Taller de Gráfica Popular during the first decades of the 20th century, such as: José Chávez Morado, Leopoldo Méndez, Raúl Anguiano, Adolfo Mexiac, Ignacio Aguirre and Alfredo Zalce, amongst others. The exhibition presents a total of 66 prints created between 1938 and 1959, and organized in a museographic discourse of 8 topics: the city, the press, fascism, the Spanish Civil War, soldiers, the proletarian workers, caricature, horses, and the construction industry. The prints are part of the archive of the Academy of the Arts of the National Museum of San Carlos and represent relatively unknown creations.