Original Poster Art Exhibit Pays Tribute to Mexico's Missing 43 Students Sola Agustsson - HuffPost Arts & Culture
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43 kites bearing the victims' faces will hang beside the posters. (SPARC)

On September 26, 2104, police stopped several student buses from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College en route to a protest in Iguala, Mexico. A confrontation ensued, and six students were killed, 25 were wounded, and 43 were abducted by police and later handed over to the Guerreros Unidos Cartel.

Eight weeks after the disappearance of the 43 students, artist and activist Francisco Toledo sent out a call to universities and museums for original poster art in response to the tragedy. Over 700 entries came in from countries such as Iran, Spain, China, Greece, Denmark, Lebanon, Cuba, and Argentina. From those, 43 designs were selected for the "Carteles de Ayotzinapa" exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance in Mexico City.

 

These posters journeyed to Los Angeles last week. "Ayotzinapa: A Roar of Silence" is now on view at SPARC in Venice until March 27 and will travel throughout Los Angeles through June 10. SPARC, Art Division, Self Help Graphics, and The Center for the Study of Political Graphics all collaborated for the exhibit, and coordinated a series of protests, screenings, and lectures to memorialize the 43 missing students.

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