Diego Rivera was the star of the highly political Mexican art that
emerged during the 1920 and ’30s, but the visual movements that arose in the
country at the time produced other talents. Deborah Caplow chronicles the
career of one such artist, Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969), and shows many examples
of his work. Mendez favored strong, direct images drawing from the vocabulary
of Cubism, Expressionism and Futurism, but for him style was the means and not
the end. Mendez was interested in raising the awareness of the Mexican masses
to the richness of their heritage and potential. Several illustrations of
prints from the start of the 20th century are included to show Mendez’s links
to early folk-based traditions
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