Contemporary mexican art

RECOMMENDED Looking at the miserable men in two gritty lithographs by Vincent Valdez, one concludes that alienation is not alien to the Mexican-American community. But the sharply drawn, dramatic designs say something more, like “this is how we suffer.” Contributing to a sense of community, the first-person-plural permeates the more than sixty prints, beginning with

Cruz Ortiz, Cruz Ortiz, Border Checkpoint Just Passed Marfa, Mexican American fine art , 2018

Mexican American contemporary folk artist Cruz Ortiz creates a dialogue on representation of Mexican Americans in his Nopal series. Ortiz, born in Houston in 1972, lives and works in San Antonio. He uses print, performance and film to address issues related to growing up in the bicultural landscape of South Texas. Grounded in the history of art; contemporary art practices; and social, political and cultural movements, Ortiz's unique language fuses classical icons with symbols of contemporary…

Gutierrez’s most powerful pictures turn indigeneity into a darkly magical superpower, moving past conventions of feminine beauty.

Lola Cueto’s tapestry Tehuana (Fruit Seller), on view in Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art Dolores Velásquez Cueto, better known as Lola, began taking drawing and painting classes at th…

A Late 20th C. Huichol Mexican Folk Art Painting. The traditional art form of bright, exuberant and intricate compositions of yarn on board filled with centuries-old symbols and designs and fable references that include deer, snakes and much more, signed on the reverse 'Rehler E.' and dated 1999.

"Indian Women from Oaxaca" painting by Ramon Cano Manilla, 1928. On exhibit at the Mexico 1900 - 1950 exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art.

The Gorum were a species of humanoids with prehensile tails. They used these tails to hang from trees when they went to sleep. They had large red eyes and forked tongues which could suck fluids from food. Tormey was a member of this species.