I still haven't yet had the opportunity to get to London and visit the Mexican Print exhibition at The British Museum, but here are some examples of work. I can't wait to visit it at Christmas. the lithographs are amazing. Lithography is a type of print that unfortunately I wont be able to experiment with as I don't have the knowledge or the equipment available to me. It is done by applying an image to a flat surface, traditionally a specially prepared limestone but today grained aluminum-printing plate and the original stones are used. Lithography is based on the fact that oil repels water and therefore an image is drawn, painted or photographically applied the stone or plate using a greasy medium. The image then repels the water and attracts the ink (which is oik based).
Emiliano Zapata and his horse, Diego Rivera, 1932, lithograph © 2009, Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico D.F. / DACS
Dead Soldier, Francisco Dosamantes, 1940, lithograph.
The laughter of the people - away with your nonsense, José Chávez Morado, 1939, lithograph © DACS 2009
Victory!, Ángel Bracho, 1945, linocut, copyright unknown
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