The Bite of the Print
2007
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2007
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Bite of the Print is a 2007 by Artemio Rodriguez, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Artemio Rodriguez’s *The Bite of the Print* is a 2007 print held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Printmaking was his family trade—he learned it young from a master in Mexico City. His style mixes old and new. Bold shapes and sharp lines come straight from medieval woodcuts. He borrows playful energy from old Mexican signs and posters too. If you like his work, check out Jose Guadalupe Posada next.
The artwork *The Bite of the Print* by Artemio Rodriguez is a landscape-format linocut printed in dark red, featuring two fantastical lizard-like creatures with the title inscribed along their bodies. Created in 2007, the piece reflects Rodriguez’s background in letterpress printing and his influences from European medieval woodcuts and Mexican printmakers like José Guadalupe Posada. The composition balances heraldic formality with playful, inventive elements reminiscent of popular prints and signs.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Artemio Rodriguez makes prints steeped in sharp lines and biting social themes. His 2007 woodcut The Bite of the Print shows a skeletal hand gripping a scroll that morphs into a snake—part visual pun, part protest.…
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