Industria Pesada (Heavy Industry)

Industria Pesada (Heavy Industry), circa 1961

Portfolio/Series title: set of nine Taller de Gráfica Popular prints for the "Latin American Conference on National Sovereignty, Economic Emancipation, and World Peace," Mexico City, March 1961

Where object was made: Mexico

Material/technique: wood engraving; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 123 x 103 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 174 x 232 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 13/16 x 4 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 6 7/8 x 9 1/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund

Accession number: 1999.0295

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Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
The Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) was a printmaking workshop established in Mexico City in 1937. Most of the artists at the TGP were members of the Mexican Communist Party. Their stridently political images espoused this cause and rallied against fascism. Exhibited here are a group of fliers published by the TGP on the occasion of the Latin American Conference on National Sovereignty, Economic Emancipation, and World Peace, held in Mexico City in March, 1961.
The images evoke various aspects of Mexican history from a radical point of view. In two of the fliers we see President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1895-1970). President Cádenas helped realize the social and political goals of the Mexican Revolution: the distribution of land, aid to the peasants, and the nationalization of foreign-owned industrial interests in Mexico such as the oil industry. Another flier recalls the 1914 occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. Forces.
Translation of text seen on all fliers:
The graphic artists of Mexico, convinced that aritstic creation is only possible in a world at peace and a world of friendshp among peoples, salute all the delegates gathered at this first Latin American conference, which represents the hopes of the sister communities of this continent and of the world. For national sovereignty, economic emancipation, and peace.
Taller de Gráfica Popular, A.C.