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Taller de Gráfica Popular
Taller de Gráfica Popular
Taller de Gráfica Popular

Taller de Gráfica Popular

founded 1937
BiographyArtist's collective founded in Mexico by Leopoldo Méndez, Pablo O'Higgins, and Luis Arenal. As one Mexico’s political printshops, the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP, Popular Graphic Arts Workshop) has an important place in Mexico’s long history of printmaking in the service of social change. The TGP coalesced as an organization in 1937 after the collapse of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR, Revolutionary Writers’ and Artists’ League) founded three years earlier. The TGP focused on the use of visual art in service of social change and worked mainly in monochrome relief prints, with occasional multicolor images or other print techniques.
Person TypeInstitution
Alfredo Zalce
1908 Pátzcuaro, Mexico - 2003 Morelia, Mexico
Mariana Yampolsky
1925 Chicago, Illinois - 2002 Mexico City, Mexico
Patrick Nagatani
1945 Chicago, Illinois - 2017 Albuquerque, New Mexico
1921 Albuquerque, New Mexico - 2014 Albuquerque, New Mexico
B. J. O. Nordfeldt
1878 Tullstorp, Sweden - 1955 Henderson, Texas
Vicente Gandía
1935 Valencia, Spain - 2009 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Ray Abeyta
1956 Santa Cruz, New Mexico - 2014 Brooklyn, New York
Robert Arber
born 1942 Detroit, Michigan; lives Marfa, Texas