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Prints from Oaxaca: Masters of the Mexican Tradition

October 6, 2006 to December 30, 2006

Indigo Arts’ show of prints from Oaxaca is selected from the summer’s exhibition of prints and paintings, De la Tierra de los Sueños / From the Land of Dreams. Dating from 1986 to the present, the Oaxacan prints bring the story of Mexican printmaking up to the present.. While the landscape, customs, mythology and political struggles they depict are specific to Oaxaca of the last two decades, the work carries on the great Mexican print-making tradition that runs from Guadalupe Posada through Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and Tamayo.

In twenty years of exhibiting the artists of Oaxaca, Mexico the owners of Indigo Arts Gallery have seen Oaxaca grow into the most vibrant regional art center in Mexico. The mountainous southern Mexico state has long been known as a center for folk art production, including its famous black pottery, weavings, and carved wooden animals. Oaxaca has also produced three of the leading masters of 20th century Mexican art; the late Rufino Tamayo and Rodolfo Morales and the still very active Francisco Toledo. But it is the vitality of the younger generation of Oaxaca artists inspired and nurtured by these masters, that has led critics to identify a distinct Oaxaca School of Mexican art. Oaxacan art draws its strength from native Indian culture, myths and legends. It is suffused with “magic realism” a folk surrealism in which people fly and mysterious juxtapositions are the norm. As poet Alberto Blanco has written, the artists of Oaxaca “all tend to depict one theme: the appearance in our history of another time and place. A space within another space. A time within another time.”

The exhibit includes prints by a variety of contemporary artists from Oaxaca. Though influenced by all their distinguished forebears, this group of artists owes its distinct vision particularly to Rodolfo Morales, (1925-2001) deemed the “Maestro de Los Sueños” (Master of Dreams) in last year’s retrospective at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey. Indigo Arts presented a solo show of Maestro Morales’ work in 1997, and a memorial show in 2001.

Modesto Bernardo is inspired by the village life and the forceful Tehuana women of the Isthmus . His black and white linocut prints manage to be at once heroic and unsentimental Born in the village of Zimatlan de Alvarez in 1963, Modesto studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes as well as with Shinzaburo Takeda at the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo. His work has been exhibited in France, Japan, and in Florida, Arizona, Texas and California in the U.S.
 

Enrique Flores Gonzalez was born in 1963 in the village of Huitzo. He studied painting and printmaking under Juan Alcazar at the Taller Libre de Grafica, in Oaxaca. He has participated in group shows in Mexico, El Salvador, San Diego, Missoula, Philadelphia, as well as many solo shows in Mexico, Japan and the United States. In 1990 his work was included in a group show of Oaxacan artists, Life, Legend and Dreams, which opened at the University of Arizona Art Museum of Art in Tucson and toured to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, as well to California. His work is in such public collections as the University of Arizona Museum and the Nelson Center for the Arts at Arizona State University. He illustrated the 1995 book, The Harvest Birds, for Children’s Book Press.

Alone among this group of artists, Abelardo Lopez (born in 1957) concentrates on the landscape of Oaxaca in his work. Lopez studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes of the Benito Juarez University in Oaxaca and was a founding member of the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo. His work was included in the show “Seven Artists from Oaxaca” at the Museum of Latin American Art in Washington D.C., as well as shows throughout Mexico.
 

José Eddie Martinez is from Juchitan in the hot, lowland Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca, where he was born in 1963. He studied at the Taller de Artes Plasticas Rufino Tamayo under Roberto Donis, and continued his studies with Juan Alcazar at the Taller Libre de la Grafica Oaxaquena. Eddie Martinez’s enigmatic and often dark prints and paintings have been featured in several solo shows in Oaxaca, as well as group shows in both the United States and Mexico, such as the touring Life, Legend and Dreams show in 1990. His work is included in such public collections as the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Latino Americano in Uruguay, and the Nelson Center for the Arts at Arizona State Univesity.

Leovigildo Martinez was born in the city of Oaxaca in 1959. He began his studies in 1977 at the Centro de Educacion Artistico de Oaxaca, and studied at the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo as well. He has been included in a number of group shows since 1977, including the Life, Legends and Dreams show. A visit to California in 1987 led to a series of solo shows in Los Altos, Santa Clara and San Francisco. He has illustrated several children’s books, including The Twenty-five Mixtec Cats, and The Moon Was at a Fiesta by Matthew Gollub. The Cafe Pasqual’s Cookbook featured the murals he painted in that celebrated Santa Fe restaurant.

Felipe Morales was born in 1959 near Ocotlan, Oaxaca. A self-taught artist, he later studied at the Taller de Artes Plasticas Rufino Tamayo. He works in ceramics as well as painting and print-making. His exhibitions have included Cuatro Artistas de Oaxaca, at the Museo Carillo Gil, Mexico City (1983), Contemporary Art of Mexico, Mexican Fine Art Center Museum, Chicago (1988), Oaxaca, Magia en Mexico (1993), Myth and Magic - Oaxaca, Past and Present (1994), at the Palo Alto Cultural Center, Felipe Morales - Uno de Oaxaca (2004), in Brownsville, Texas, as well as many solo exhibitions in Oaxaca.
 

Fernando Olivera was born in the city of Oaxaca in 1962. He studied art at the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Benito Juarez University in Oaxaca. He went on to study lithography with Japanese-born print-maker Shinzaburo Takeda at the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo. In addition to many solo shows in Mexico, Olivera has participated in group shows in Mexico City, El Salvador, Montana, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Chicago and Philadelphia (including seven group or solo shows at Indigo Arts). He illustrated the children’s book, The Woman Who Outshone the Sun, based on a Mixtec folk tale, published by Children’s Book Press in California. Olivera’s work was included in the 1994 show Myth & Magic: Oaxaca Past and Present organized by the Palo Alto Cultural Center, as well as the book of the same name. His work was also included in The Tree is Older than You Are, a 1995 collection of Mexican poems and stories published by Simon and Schuster.

Olivera’s vision is grounded in the traditional life of Oaxaca and the myths and legends of its people. In works such as “Lagarto”, “El Viento nos Llevara” and “Tarde de Mayo” (Afternoon in May), the everyday seems to merge seamlessly with the mythical and even surreal. Like Frida Kahlo before him, Olivera is inspired by the legendary Tehuana women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and features them in many of these works. Olivera’s work also reflects his social and political concerns. Over the years he has returned repeatedly to the peasant struggles in the Tehuana city of Juchitan, and for the last decade much of his work has been preoccupied with the uprising in the southern state of Chiapas, led by the Zapatista Liberation Front. In “Jaguar de Luz” and “Los Ojos de la Selva” (The eyes of the forest) masked Zapatistas peer out of the forest. In “Requiem por los Caidos”, a Tehuana-dressed angel mourns for those who died in the conflict.

Filemon Santiago, was born in San José Sosala, Oaxaca in 1959. A self- taught artist, Santiago exhibited his work widely in Mexico before moving to the United States in the late 70’s. He lived and worked for 12 years in Chicago before returning to his native Oaxaca. During thise years he showed his work in Washington DC, New York, Rotterdam, Holland as well as galleries and museums in Chicago. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, DC, the Illinois State Museum, and the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, as well as major corporate collections.

Pueblo Solitario - lithograph
SKU: ROM-1848L

Rodolfo Morales (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Lithograph (23" x 31"), #47/100, 1994.  Framed.
From private collection,

$3900

Virgen de Guadalupe - Enrique Flores
SKU: ENF-1002

Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2009. 
Engraving, # 5/30
(100cm x 50 cm - 39 1/4" x 19 3/4")
Framed

10% off

$1675 $1507.50

Acoso Salvaje - Jose Eddie Martinez
SKU: EDM-1008

Lithograph, (image size 25 1/2" x 19 1/4")
#12/50, 2009

$1200

El Ultimo Canto - Enrique Flores
SKU: ENF-1006

Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2008.
Aquatint, # 4/30 (100cm x 50 cm - 39 1/4" x 19 3/4")

$1200

Untitled - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1107

Lithograph (16 3/4" x 15 1/8", sheet size 30" x 22")
#16/50, 2011

$1100

Mujer de Mayo - Shinzaburo Takeda
SKU: ST-1003

Woodcut (Image size 40 x 30 cm, 15 1/2" x 11 1/2" on 25 1/2" x 20 1/2" sheet)
#30/30, 2003
Framed

$950 framed

Requiem por los Caidos (Enero del 94) - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1201

(Requiem for the Fallen - January 1994)
Aquatint (19 x 12 1/2), #13/30, 1995

$950

Filemon Santiago - El Extraño
SKU: FSA-2

Lithograph, #20/20, 1997
(Image size 19 1/4" x 13 1/4" on 27" 21" sheet)

$900

Fiesta de Tigre I
SKU: ST-1001

Lithograph (Image size 11 1/4" x 9", sheet size 19" x 15")
#30/30, 1999
Framed

 

 

$800

Fiesta de Tigre II
SKU: ST-1002

Lithograph (Image size 11 3/4" x 9" on 19" x 15" sheet )
#28/30, 1999
Framed

$800

Jugando
SKU: CLXR-1801

Serigraph, #12/40, c.1990.  Image 16" x 10 1/4" on 26" x 19" sheet.  Framed.

$750

Sueno de Sombras (Dream of Shadows) - José Eddie Martinez
SKU: EDM-0604

Oaxaca, Mexico,
Aquatint, (14 1/2" x 19 1/4" image)
#12/40, 2000
Framed

 

$725

La Visita, Haciendo Camino - Felipe Morales
SKU: FMo-2

Aquatint, (14 1/2 x 18)
#P/T, 2000

$650 framed

Silencio Intemporal - Jose Eddie Martinez
SKU: EDM-0603

Aquatint
(12 3/4" x 19 1/2"), #16/20

$550

Fauna Circense
SKU: EDM-0601

Aquatint
(image size 9 3/4" x 7"), #18/30
Framed

$525 framed

Fernando Olivera - Luz de Luna
SKU: FEO-1501

Aquatint (27 1/8" x 19 5/8" image size, 36 1/4" x 27 1/2" sheet size)
#39/50, 2013
Framed

$1600

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Shinzaburo Takeda
SKU: STA-2

Lithograph (24 x 18 1/2)
#19/30, 1998

$1200 framed

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Shinzaburo Takeda
SKU: STA-3

Lithograph (19 1/4 x 14 1/4)
#33/40, 1997

$1100 framed

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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1102

Lithograph (Image size 20 5/8" x 24 3/4" on 25 1/2" x 27 1/2" sheet)
#30/30, 2010

$975

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Requiem por los Caidos (Enero del 94) (Requiem for the Fallen - January 1994)
SKU: FEO-577G

Fernando Olivera (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Aquatint (19" x 12 1/2" image size, 29" x 21 1/2" frame size), #6/30, 1995.  Framed.
Provenance:  Private collection, Indigo Arts Gallery 1997 

$950

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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1202

Aquatint (19 1/4" x 12 3/4", 29" x 22" framed), #P/T (ed. of 30), 2000
Framed

$ 950

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Untitled (Tres Angeles) - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1021

Aquatint (17 1/4" x 14 5/8").  Framed.
#26/40, 2008

$950 framed

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Dolor y Resistencia - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1104

Lithograph (Image size 20 1/2" x 14 1/2", 52 x 37cm, on 30" x 20" sheet)
#7/30, 2011

$950

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Shinzaburo Takeda
SKU: STA-1

Lithograph (14 1/2 x 20 1/4)
#9/17 II, 1995

$925

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Caminantes
SKU: FEM-1002

Aquatint, (50 x 45cm - 17 1/2" x 12 3/4", Sheet size 18 3/4" x 23 1/2")
#12/20, 2009

$925 framed

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Luz de Luna - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1026

Aquatint (19 1/4" x 12 3/4", sheet size 28 1/2" x 21")
#14/40, 2009.  Framed.

$895 framed

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Untitled - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1025

Aquatint (17 1/4" x 14 5/8", Sheet size 26" x 22"), #7,8/40, 2009

 

$850

Product Status: 
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Enrique Flores
SKU: EFl-12

Enrique Flores (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Woodcut, #1,5,6/20 (17 1/2" x 31 1/4"), 2010

Framed also available

$750

Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FOl-37

Woodcut (12 1/2 x 15 1/4"), #14/30, P/A, 2005

framed

$590 framed

Product Status: 
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Enrique Flores
SKU: EFl-16

Aquatint, # 5/30
(19 3/8" x 8 5/8"), 2008

$595 framed

Product Status: 
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Reyna de Corazones (Queen of Hearts)
SKU: FEO-0802

Aquatint (9 1/2" x 8 1/2"Image size on 16" x 12" sheet, 19" x 17" framed)
#P/A, 2007
Framed

$550

Product Status: 
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Leovigildo Martinez Torres Torres
SKU: LeoMa-7

Lithograph
#P/A (image size 18" x 12"), 1999

$550

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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-40d

This image was originally printed by Fernando Olivera as an aquatint in two editions of thirty each in 2006. Both editions sold out very quickly. Working with the artist and Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, one of the most distinguished Fine Art digital printing studios, Indigo Arts Gallery issued a limited edition pigment print of "La Luna".

Digital pigment print
(Epson 9800 Ultrachrome K3 Pigment Print on Somerset Radiant white velvet enhanced watercolor paper)
Image size 19 1/4" x 12 5/8"
Original Planned Edition of 100.   20 were printed,  signed and numbered by the artist in 2010.

$475

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Musico de la Mixteca - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FOl-16

Woodcut (image size 13 1/2" x 10 1/4")
#8/8 1986

$450 framed

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Enrique Flores
SKU: EFl-15

Aquatint, # 5/30
(19 3/8" x 8 5/8"), 2008

$450

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Fernando Olivera - Mariposa (Butterfly)
SKU: FOl-61

Linocut (15" x 11" image on 25 1/2" x 19 1/2" image), #P/A, 6/30, 2009

Also available framed

$ 425

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Fernando Olivera - Angelita
SKU: FE0-1034

Drypoint Etching (9 1/2" x 6 1/4" image on 16" x 11 1/2" sheet)
#23/30, 2005.  Framed.

$425

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Un Viejo Amor (An Old Love) Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CPE-4

Aquatint (19 1/4 x 12 3/4)
#P/T,1998

$375

Product Status: 
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La Vida Loca - Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CAP-0501

Engraving (Image size 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" on 16" x 16" sheet)
#P/A, 1992
Matted.

$375

Product Status: 
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José Eddie Martinez
SKU: EDM-182G

Aquatint, (image size 4 5/8" x 7 3/4")
#45/50, 1989.  
Framed.

$375

Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FOL-49

Woodcut (6 1/8" x 6 1/8")
#10/30, 2006

$360 framed

Product Status: 
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El Toro Gacho y La Virgen Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CPE-6

Engraving (12 1/2 x 19 1/4)
#P/A,1995

$ 350

Product Status: 
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Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CPE-1

Aquatint (12 3/4 x 19 1/4)
#6/30, 1994
 

$280

Product Status: 
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Apuntes de Identidad Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CPE-2

Aquatint (13 1/4 x 19 1/4)
#7/30,1993
 

$280

Product Status: 
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Grace Bishko
SKU: Bishko-1

Lithograph, (15 x 12 3/4)
#6/30, 1995

$280

Product Status: 
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Cinco Rayitas Marco El Abuelo Carlomagno Pedro
SKU: CPE-3

Engraving (19 1/4 x 13 3/4)
#13/30,1992

$ 280

Product Status: 
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Por Unos Ojos Negros
SKU: FE0-0607

Woodcut (5 7/8" x 6 1/8" image on 13 1/4" x 12 1/4" sheet)
9/30, 2006

$250

Product Status: 
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Jose Eddie Martinez - Circus 3
SKU: EDM-1007

Aquatint, (4 5/8" x 3 1/2" image on 8 3/4" x 6 3/4" sheet)
#5,28/30, 2009

Also available framed

$240

Product Status: 
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Dentro de Mi (Inside of me)
SKU: FEO-1030

Etching (6 1/2" x 4 5/8" image on 13 3/4" x 11 1/2" sheet)
#1/30, 2009

$195

Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera
SKU: FOL-48

Drypoint etching (4 1/2" x 5 3/4" image on 11 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet)
#2/30, 2005

$175

Product Status: 
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Esperando (Waiting)
SKU: FEO-950900

Aquatint (19" x 12 1/2" image size on 30" x 22" sheet).  Long out of print, but several prints have become available from original edition of 30, 1995.

Price on Request

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Cuando tu te Hayas Ido (When you are gone)
SKU: FEO-950800

Aquatint (19" x 12 1/2" image size on 30" x 22" sheet).  Long out of print, but several prints have become available from original edition of 30, 1995.

Price on Request

Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera

(Oaxaca),
Aquatint (19 1/4 x 27), P/A, 2005

Sold
Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera

(Oaxaca),
End-grain Woodcut (3" x 3 1/4"), #5,6,7/30, 2006

 

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Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera

Fernando Olivera (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Aquatint (3 7/8 x 7 3/4"), #P/T, 2007

Sold
Product Status: 
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Fernando Olivera

Fernando Olivera (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Aquatint (7 3/4" x 3 7/8"), #P/T, 2007

Sold
Product Status: 
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Rodolfo Morales

Serigraph (19 1/2 x 25 1/2), #P.T.4/10 1996

Price on Request
Product Status: 
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