![Concierto de locos [Fools Concert], no. 5 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7693/preview)
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Concierto de locos [Fools Concert], no. 5 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez
Primary
Leopoldo Méndez
(Mexico City, Mexico, 1902–1969)
Publisher
La Estampa Mexicana
NationalityMexican, North America
Date1932
MediumLinocut
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/4 × 7 13/16 in. (24.8 × 19.8 cm)
Image: 5 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (14.7 × 14.7 cm)
Image: 5 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (14.7 × 14.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Dr. Alexander and Ivria Sackton, 1986.361.5
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1986.361.5/25
On View
Not on viewLeopoldo Méndez was a social and political activist throughout his career. A young man at the height of the Mexican Revolution, he later joined the Mexican Communist Party. In 1937, he co-founded the Taller de Gráfica Popular [People’s Graphic Workshop], one of the most influential print collectives in the Americas for its commitment to social causes. In "Concierto de locos," Méndez takes a satirical tone as he presents the famous Mexican muralists on either side of God the Father. Diego Rivera in Aztec clothing plays a drum on the left, while David Alfaro Siqueiros strums a sickle-like harp, presumably dripping with blood, on the right.
Exhibitions
![Concierto sinfónico de calaveras [The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons], no. 8 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7726/thumbnail)
![Sueño de los pobres, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Sleep of the Poor, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7601/thumbnail)
![El "Juan", del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Soldier, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7704/thumbnail)
![Jinetes, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Horsemen, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7671/thumbnail)
![Accidente, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Accident, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7715/thumbnail)
![Papeleros, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Newsboys, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7517/thumbnail)
![Mitin improvisado, del álbum 25 grabados de Leopoldo Méndez [Street Meeting, from the portfolio 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7523/thumbnail)
![La venganza de los pueblos [The People's Revenge] no. 25 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7660/thumbnail)
![Sudor de sangre [Sweat of Blood], no. 1 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7507/thumbnail)
![Portada de un libro [Book Cover], no. 24 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7653/thumbnail)
![Establero [Stableman], no. 9 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7736/thumbnail)
![El preso [Prisoner], no. 10 from 25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez](/internal/media/dispatcher/7516/thumbnail)