Resistance Resistencia
Date
1949-1951
Creator
Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
The prints No Queremos la Guerra (Los Deseos de la Paz) and Resistencia, which probably date from about 1949 to 1951, may have been created as part of a campaign to promote peace conferences in Sweden and Poland. The TGP [Taller de Gráfica Popular] artists Pablo O’Higgins, Leopoldo Méndez, Marianna Yampolsky, Adolfo Mexiac, and Francisco Mora composed large portfolios to decry the nuclear armament of world nations. In Resistencia, Méndez brings together images of the working class from many countries, united against fascism as symbolized by the soldier in the foreground. The figure on the ground may be a metaphor for the innocent victims of political aggression. from Costa, Para la Gente: Art, Politics and Cultural Identity of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Notre Dame, 2009)
![The prints No Queremos la Guerra (Los Deseos de la Paz) and Resistencia, which probably date from about 1949 to 1951, may have been created as part of a campaign to promote peace conferences in Sweden and Poland. The TGP [Taller de Gráfica Popular] artists Pablo O’Higgins, Leopoldo Méndez, Marianna Yampolsky, Adolfo Mexiac, and Francisco Mora composed large portfolios to decry the nuclear armament of world nations. In Resistencia, Méndez brings together images of the working class from many countries, united against fascism as symbolized by the soldier in the foreground. The figure on the ground may be a metaphor for the innocent victims of political aggression.
from Costa, Para la Gente: Art, Politics and Cultural Identity of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Notre Dame, 2009)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2009.007.038%2F2009_007_038-v0001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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