January 11 – March 25, 2018
Héctor Duarte Según Jose Guerrero, 2016. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of John Pitman Weber and Hector Duarte
John P. Weber Migrant, 2016. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of John Pitman Weber and Hector Duarte
Jose Guerrero, Presente installation view. Photograph by Lizabeth Applewhite.
Installation view of Jose Guerrero, Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio. Courtesy of DePaul Art Museum. Photograph by Lizabeth Applewhite
Installation view of Jose Guerrero, Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio. Courtesy of DePaul Art Museum. Photograph by Lizabeth Applewhite
Installation view of Jose Guerrero, Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio. Courtesy of DePaul Art Museum. Photograph by Lizabeth Applewhite
Installation view of Jose Guerrero, Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio. Courtesy of DePaul Art Museum. Photograph by Lizabeth Applewhite
Jose Guerrero (1938–2015) was an artist and community leader who impacted his community through printmaking, mural painting, and activism. Guerrero is best known for his work in the Pilsen neighborhood, where his studio and workshop was a hub for art classes, mural tours, and political organizing. Jose Guerrero, Presente features a portfolio of prints made in his memory by twenty-five Chicago artists, as well as some of his own works on paper.
The Jose Guerrero memorial portfolio was organized between 2015–16 by artists Héctor Duarte and John Pitman Weber. DePaul Professor of Art, Media, and Design and muralist Brother Mark Elder, cm facilitated the donation of this work to the DePaul Art Museum. The exhibition at DePaul Art Museum was organized by Mia Lopez, Assistant Curator.