Short Intro Video of Santa Catalina Island Museum Exhibition

https://youtu.be/8f7WJyyY62k  youtube link to watch video!

 

Jose Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico Exhibition

Catalina Island Museum exhibition open from Dec. 23, 2017 to April 8, 2018.

Mexican Art comes to Catalina Island for the first time in this exhibition celebrating Mexico’s most prolific artist. José Guadalupe Posada’s images captured all aspects of daily life in Mexico City from 1889-1913, directly influenced artist like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, shaped the Mexican identity and continue to inform contemporary image making today. A wide representation of Posada’s work, including his famous Day of the Dead calaveras and the artist’s original printing plates, make up this first-of-its-kind exhibition. 

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The exhibition will feature text in English and Spanish.

Dec. 7 Documentary Film Screening

San Jose State University is having a wonderful exhibition of printed works by Mexican printmaker, Jose Guadalupe Posada, and TONIGHT they are hosting a screening of our documentary about Posada on Dec  7, at 5 pm (http://events.ha.sjsu.edu/art/events/documentary-screening-searching-posada-art-revolutions/)

It is FREE!

Please come if you are able, bring friends and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

https://www.facebook.com/events/152298052073520/

Jose Guadalupe Posada Makes the Top 7 List at the MALBA in Argentina

José Guadalupe Posada. “La calavera catrina”, ca. 1912. Zincografía. 23 x 31 cm

 

4. José Guadalupe Posada, La calavera catrina (1912)

Convertida años después en símbolo oficial de la celebración del Día de los Muertos -tradición azteca que se remonta a la época prehispánica-, La calavera catrina es una zincografía (impresión que reemplaza la piedra litográfica por la plancha de zinc) pintada por el artista José Guadalupe Posada en 1912. Una calavera con un distinguido sombrero de plumas es la imagen elegida para criticar de manera metafórica a la aristocracia mexicana, a las clases privilegiadas, antes de la revolución. "Catrina es algo así como un dandy, un snob, una figura típica de la modernidad, que quiere simular ser algo que no es", explica Victoria Giraudo. La metáfora de la muerte implica que "así como estás, te vas, no importa si seas rico o pobre", agrega la curadora mexicana Ariadna Patiño Guadarrama. Años después la imagen será tomada a modo de homenaje por Diego Rivera, como tema central de uno de sus murales más destacados, Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central. Finalmente, la catrina se incorpora al imaginario colectivo mexicano como una de las representaciones centrales del Día de los Muertos, cada 2 de noviembre, un festejo para recordar a los seres queridos que ya no están, con ofrendas, flores, velas y mucho color. FROM:https://www.infobae.com/america/cultura-america/2017/11/11/7-obras-imperdibles-de-la-gran-muestra-de-arte-mexicano-del-siglo-xx-que-se-exhibe-en-el-malba/

Searching for Posada--ART and Revolutions to Screen at La Calaca Festival Mexico

What better place to screen the documentary about the artist who, more than anyone else, popularized the Calavera?

http://lacalacafestival.com/2017/evento/searching/

 

 

San Jose State University Screening of Art and Revolutions

Screening of Art and Revolutions PLUS a traveling exhibition on Posada and the Penny Press!

Date and Time:
Thursday 12/7/17, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Art Lecture Hall, Room #133
Department of Art & Art History
San José State University
Located on 9th Street Plaza, SJSU Campus, San José, CA 95112
http://www.sjsu.edu/map/

LINK Below:

http://events.ha.sjsu.edu/art/events/documentary-screening-searching-posada-art-revolutions/

Exhibition Opening Now! Sept. 21

Posada and His Legacy Opens today at Los Angeles Southwest College---Celebrating the inspiration of Posada and including art work by LASC students! Open until October 14, 2017 Info Link: http://www.lasc.edu/hhm/hhmatlasc.html.

Hispanic Heritage Month with Jose Guadalupe Posada Exhibition at Los Angeles Southwest College Sept 21- Oct 20, 2017

Los Angeles Southwest College will host am exhibition of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

http://www.lasc.edu/hhm/hhmatlasc.html

Posada Work on Loan for Mission Cultural Center Show Opening May 5

Las Cruces International Film Festival to Screen ART and Revolutions

Searching for Posada: ART and Revolutions® is scheduled to screen March 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm at Allen Theaters Cineport 10. Tickets may be purchased at http://www.lciffest.com/tickets. The screening represents the premiere of the documentary in the State of New Mexico.