The Bakersfield Museum of Art Shows Prints from the Clark Foundation for Mexican Folk Art

artwork: Mariana Yampolsky - "Young Emiliano Zapata: Objective Lesson, circa 1950 - Offset print - 29.1 x 41.4 cm. - Collection of the Clark Foundation for Mexican Folk Art on view at the Bakersfield Museum in "Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana: Prints from the Clark Foundation for Mexican Folk Art" from December 8th.


Bakersfield, California.- The Bakersfield Museum of Art is pleased to present “Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana: Prints from the Clark Foundation for Mexican Folk Art” on view at the museum from December 8th. The 85 linoleum block prints presented in this exhibition portray important episodes of the Mexican Revolution by 16 artists from the Taller de Gráfica Popular, People’s Graphic Workshop or TGP.  Founded in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Mendez, Pablo O’Higgins, and Luis Arenal, Taller was a vibrant collective of established and emerging artists committed to the direct use of visual art in the interest of social change.  Many of the artists in Taller had fought in the Revolution and their ideals are strongly imbued in these powerful prints.  Fame was not an objective for these artists; rather, they saw the value in the collective process and were primarily focused on educating the masses about the struggles and triumphs that surrounded the Mexican Revolution.

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