Mexican Woman
John Wilson American
Throughout his prolific career, Wilson made art that reflected his desire for social justice and that positively represented people who were frequently overlooked or marginalized. He created Mexican Woman while he was working at the Taller de Gráfica Popular with his close friend Elizabeth Catlett and other artists with work on view here. Wilson was greatly influenced by Mexican modernists such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Like them, he focused on prints and murals—art forms they believed to be more democratic and progressive than traditional easel painting. Visible in this striking image are abstract elements that reveal the impact of Fernand Léger, with whom Wilson studied in Paris, as well as forms that recall Olmec sculptures and other Indigenous art he encountered in Mexico.
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