What May Come

Established in Mexico City in 1937, the Taller de Grafica Popular (People's Graphic Arts Workshop) sought to create prints, posters and illustrated publications that were appealing and affordable, legible and politically topical, and above all formally compelling. Founded by the printmakers Luis Arenal, Leopoldo Mendez, and the American Pablo O'Higgins, among others, the TGP ultimately became the most influential and enduring leftist printmaking collective of its time. The workshop was admired for its prolific and varied output through the 1950s and for its creation of some of the most memorable images in mid-century printmaking. Although its primary audience was Mexican, the TGP boasted international influence and renown, attracting members and guest artists as diverse as Josef Albers and Elizabeth Catlett, and inspiring the establishment of print collectives around the world. This concise bilingual publication features approximately twenty plates, representing the finest linocuts and lithographs from this important workshop. These arresting images are drawn from the significant holdings of TGP works in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.