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The ''Taller de Gráfica Popular'' (Spanish: "People's Graphic Workshop") is an artist's print collective founded in Mexico in 1937 by artists Leopoldo Méndez, Pablo O'Higgins, and Luis Arenal. The collective was primarily concerned with using art to advance revolutionary social causes. The print shop became a base of political activity and abundant artistic output, and attracted many foreign artists as collaborators. ==History== The Workshop was founded in 1937 following the dissolution of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR, Revolutionary Writers’ and Artists’ League), a group of artists who had supported the goals of the Mexican Revolution. Initially called the Taller Editorial de Gráfica Popular, its founders built of a rich tradition of printmaking in Mexico, particularly the legacy of José Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla. During the Cárdenas presidency, the work of the Taller supported the government's policies, including the expropriation of oil. In 1940, muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros launched an armed assault on the residence of exiled Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, using the Taller's print shop as a headquarters and including some artists affiliated with the Taller in his squad. There was some collaboration between the TGP and the artists of the New Deal-era WPA, including Rafael Tufiño. During the US civil rights movement, Chicano and African American artists such as Elizabeth Catlett produced work at the Taller. The Taller became inspiration to many politically active leftist artists; for example, American expressionist painter Byron Randall went on to found similar artist collectives after becoming an associate member.〔Makin, Jean, ed. (1999). ''Codex Mendez''. Tempe: Arizona State U. See also Prignitz, Helga (1992). ''El Taller de Gráfica Popular en México'' 1937–1977. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.〕〔Vogel, Susan (2010). ''Becoming Pablo O’Higgins''. San Francisco/Salt Lake City: Pince-Nez Press.〕 The TGP faced financial instability, and had to relocate several times, although Jesús Alvarez Amaya kept it running up to his death in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taller de Gráfica Popular」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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