Linoleum relief print of the artist's image "Galloping Death" carved by participants at a lecture/demonstration on September 13, 2007 and printed in black ink.

Copyright %C2%A9 Artemio Rodr%C3%ADguez%2C published by the artist

Galloping Death, 2007

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In 2007, artist, curator, and educator Artemio Rodríguez was invited to organize an exhibition on contemporary Mexican printmaking for Highpoint Center for Printmaking. His show, “Graphic Reality: Mexican Printmaking Today,” was part of a series of exhibitions that explored the current state of printmaking in countries outside the United States. During his stay in Minneapolis, Rodríguez produced Galloping Death, a collaboratively created linoleum cut printed as a composite from 16 relief blocks carved by participants in a lecture demonstration of Rodriquez’s work and later printed by Highpoint staff. Based on one of Rodríguez’s earlier relief prints, the calavera (from the Spanish word for “skull”) imagery is part of Mexico’s strong graphic tradition exemplified in the work of José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), a prominent figure in the development of modern Mexican printmaking.

The proceeds from the sale of this relief print were pledged to help fund a printing press for Rodríguez’s Los Angeles–based print workshop, La Mano Press, and the Graphico Movil, a customized 1948 Chevrolet delivery truck converted for use as a mobile art gallery, print shop, and movie theater.

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Title
Galloping Death
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2020.85.111
Provenance
Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis (printer); sold to MIA, 2020.
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Linoleum relief print of the artist's image "Galloping Death" carved by participants at a lecture/demonstration on September 13, 2007 and printed in black ink.

Copyright © Artemio Rodríguez, published by the artist