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Humberto Valdez
Exhibition
Salvaje Mexica: Humberto Valdez
10 Jun 2015 – 18 Jul 2015
Event times
12:00 - 16:00 Wednesday to Saturday
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Stepney Bank
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- NE1 2NP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: Quaylink Q2 or Stage Coach No's: 12, 39, 40, 62 or 63.
- The nearest metro is Manors - from here it's approx 10 minutes walk to Northern Print.
- Northern Print is a 20 minute walk from Newcastle city centre or 25 minutes walk from Central Station.
Striking large-format linocut prints by the founder of the TIR community printmaking initiative in Mexico.
About
Humberto Valdez specializes in large format prints, mainly linocuts, woodcuts and etchings. His work is focused on using gestural mark making to reflect on memory, what is, and the desire for what was. His prints are a complex collage of historical references that have a constant relationship to social and political events.
Humberto is the founder and director of TIR - a community print project in Mexico City. He has extensive national and international experience and expertise in making and exhibiting prints. He has established and maintained a very successful print workshop with a reputation for instigating innovative printmaking workshops and community projects.
