End the Blockade by Malaquias Montoya
End the Blockade
Malaquias Montoya
Title
End the Blockade
Artist
Malaquias Montoya
1938 - PRESENT (biography)Year
1989
Technique
color serigraph
Image Size
23 1/2 x 17 3/8" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
within the image: "In Solidarity with the people of Cuba and Nicaragua in their heroic struggle - July 19 and 26"
Reference
Paper
white Rives BFK France wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
17347
Price
SOLD
Description
Malaquias Montoya's "End the Blockade" is, on the surface, an homage to the Nicaraguan civil war of 1926-27. However, with its red-starred fatigue cap, it more widely acknowledges the struggles of several South American countries throughout the 20th century and was produced near the end of one the most violent eras of conflict in Nicaragua, dubbed the Contra War, that took place from 1981-1989.
The wide brimmed hats of the Sandinistas and the Red Star worn by Che Guevara remain symbols of resistance throughout South America and the world. A screenprint of similar ilk produced by Montoya in 1979 was published in November, 2016, in a New York Times article on the art of Fidel Castro's revolution.