EUROPE MEETS MESOAMERICA -- A CULTURE CLASH OF SKULLS AND LETTERS

A talk looking at the blending impact of European printed works with indigenous imagery in the worlds of art and letters, including some reflections on how Jose Guadalupe Posada together with his main editor, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo created an amazing body of influencial work. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/europe-meets-mesoamerica-a-culture-clash-of-skulls-and-letters/ Watch talk on VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/1045555379

WTTW News on Skeletons of 'Legendary Printmaker' Posada

https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/30/exhibit-digs-satire-and-skeletons-legendary-printmaker-posada

NEW! Traveling Posada Exhibition!

José Guadalupe Posada
Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

 

 

A New Traveling Exhibition Organized by

The Catalina Island Museum Avalon, CA

in association with

The Posada Art Foundation

- DATES AVAILABLE - 2019 - 2022

 

 

LINK: http://www.a-r-t.com/posada/

Lecture On JG Posada Sept 16, 2018 In Turlock, CA

Director of the Posada Art Foundation, Jim Nikas, will explore the life and artworks of Mexican printmaker and illustrator, José Guadalupe Posada. FREE!

Link for Directions: https://www.heyturlock.com/event/arts-lecture-jim-nikas/

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

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.

Davidson Galleries of Seattle and the Posada Art Foundation to Screen Documentary and Exhibit Art

Screening of ART and Revolutions at the Davidson Galleries in Seattle, WA Saturday October 24 at 2 pm. Great exhibition of over 50 works by Posada and Manuel Manilla.

www.davidsongalleries.com

East Los Angeles College Screening September 30, 2015

Sponsored by the Chicana/o Department of East Los Angeles College the screening of ART and Revolutions attendance hit 250+ students, faculty and more! Great feedback from Chicana/o Studies students. Bring on the next College!


Photo: Attendees line up for mini-exhibition viewing.

Thank You to Natasha Marin for Providing Piano Music for ART and Revolutions

The piano music for ART and Revolutions was performed by Russian born and trained Natasha Marin. Although schooled originally as a classical pianist Natasha’s abilities extend well beyond the classics. She in fact performs for a variety of events many of which for charity and often with her husband actor/comedian Cheech Marin. For Art and Revolutions, Natasha provided several interpretations of musical compositions by Mexican composer Agustin Lara (1897– 1970). Natasha captured the spirit of Agustin Lara's beloved compositions in a way we hope and believe would have pleased Posada himself. Thank you Natasha!

Information about Natasha may be found at www.natashamarin.com and at her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Natasha.R.Marin?ref=br_tf

Film Screening, Lecture and Exhibition; Meet the Director! December 5th Stanford University, Palo Alto CA

Please join us at the Bishop Auditorium, Level 1 of the Lathrop Library on the Stanford Campus (See Map Below). December 5, 2014  5:30 PM to 8:00PM

Film Director Victor H. Mancilla will talk about the making of the film joined by co-writer and Executive Producer Jim Nikas. Original works by Posada will be available for viewing. Hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the Stanford Film Society. Contact: CLAS at 650-725-0502 for questions.

 

Frida Kahlo and José Guadalupe Posada

Posada's art has influenced many artists over the years. One was Frida Kahlo. The images shown here in this blog posting show striking similarities. Here is a partial quote from an interview of Frida conducted back in 1933.

"I had gone up to the Barbizon-Plaza hotel to interview Frida Kahlo, who was the wife of Diego Rivera, and a great painter herself, a sort of demonic surrealist. That was when Rivera was doing those Rockefeller Center murals. Thumb-tacked all along the walls of the hotel suite were some very odd engravings printed on the cheapest kind of newsprint. "Jose Guadalupe Posada," Kahlo said, almost reverentially. "Mexican. 1852-1913." She told me that she had put the pictures up herself so she could glance at them now and then and keep her sanity while living in New York City. Some were broadsides. "They show sensational happenings that took place in Mexico City--in streets and in markets and in churches and in bedrooms," Kahlo said, "and they were sold on the streets by peddlers for pennies." --from the book Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (1992).

Perhaps some of the images by Posada of disasters and the demonic elements present in many of the sensational broadsides made an impression on Frida. If she was not already familiar with Posada's images, being married to Diego Rivera may have helped as he had just a few years earlier in 1930 authored the Foreword about Posada in the Monografia Posada published by Francis Toor.