More art like stridentism?

May 18, 2022 6:41 AM

I recently learned about the short-lived 1920s Mexican art movement called stridentism / estridentismo. I really like the linocut/woodcut/"zine-ish" style of this artwork and it would be nice to buy a print or two for my walls, but online resources and information are hard to find. Can you give me tips for finding prints by stridentist artists, OR can you recommend other art in this style? (Examples inside...)

I particularly like the style of these prints (linotype/linocut, I think?) that appeared in stridentist magazines:
Unknown title by German Cueto (?)
Abstract by Fermin Revueltas
Magazine illustration by Jean Charlot
El Hombre que se Comio un Autobus - Alfredo Mario Ferreiro
Book cover - "El Movimiento Estridentista"
Illustration from Proa #11 - Norah Borges

posted by cubeb to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

You might like American and Mexican artist Elizabeth Catlett. You might like the work of the Taller de Grafica Popular.
posted by shadygrove at 7:14 AM on May 18, 2022

maybe a couple good leads here: la-xilografia-mexican-woodcut-prints.html

or the references at the bottom of https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/art-and-culture/mexican-avant-garde-what-estridentismo-mexicano
posted by adekllny at 7:45 AM on May 18, 2022

I went to this gallery in Guanajuato about five years ago and they had a wide variety of contemporary Mexican prints, quite a few that might scratch your itch. They might do mail order if you investigate further. Failing that I would start googling for print galleries, Mexican print gallery, Mexican futurism gallery, Mexican woodblock print - you get the idea - and see if you find anything. Sometimes slightly less specific can get you there.
posted by mygothlaundry at 8:33 AM on May 18, 2022

Forgive me if this is too obvious but they link closely with German Expressionist woodcuts.
posted by Cuke at 10:15 AM on May 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

Theyr'e far more cartoony and less abstract than what you're looking for, but you might also enjoy Jose Posada's satirical prints from around the time of the Mexican revolution. You can get a taste of his stuff here.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:36 AM on May 18, 2022