Artemio Rodriguez | Tradición y Modernidad En El Grabado
Artemio Rodriguez | Tradición y Modernidad En El Grabado
September 20 - October 19, 2019
As a printmaker who works primarily in black and white, Artemio Rodríguez’s signature style emphasizes simplicity and clarity. European medieval woodcuts and great Mexican print artists such as José Guadalupe Posada have been influential in Rodríguez’s printmaking career. In 2002, he founded La Mano Press, an artist-run center dedicated to promoting and appreciating printmaking in Los Angeles, California. This exhibition was in partnership with the Tonantzin Society, with Blanca Herrada as curator.
The Tonantzin Society and Artemio Rodriguez came into partnership by way of the Mulvane Art Museum and the Beach Museum. Rodriguez was part of the Beach Museum’s Fronteras exhibit in 2017, and the Tonantzin Society was intrigued by his printmaking work and the traveling Grafico Movil. At the same time, Rodriguez sought to raise money for his community-based Biblioteca del Libro Ilustrado (Library of Illustrated Books) located in Patzcuaro, Mexico. Proceeds from the exhibition went directly to the building of the Biblioteca del Libro Ilustrado.