101:, Francisco Marmata, Julián Ceballos Casco and writer Armando Ramírez put on an independent exhibition called “Conozca México, visite Tepito” (Get to know Mexico; Visit Tepito) at the José María Velasco Gallery in the Tepito. In 1974, the group formed the organization with its current name to defend Tepito’s cultural and architectural heritage. The original objective was to defend the neighborhood against the threat of an urban renewal project known as Plan Tepito announced by the city government in 1972. Arte Acá commissioned a study from a group based at the architecture school at the
73:, a traditional open-air market. Tepito's economy has been linked to the tianguis since pre-Hispanic times. Estimates of the area's population may vary from 38,000 to 120,000 residents, with an estimated 10,000 more who come in during the day to sell in the market. It is famously known as the "Barrio Bravo" or fierce neighborhood. Tepito is home to a subculture that has attracted the attention of academics and artists. Art exhibitions have been based on Tepito and the area boasts a number of literary journals to which residents contribute.
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working to help the family and being rebellious teenager, he did not finish primary school until he was sixteen. However, he considered himself ambitious, not for awards but rather to do what he wanted in life. He stated that he came from class of people who thought of not much more than obtaining their next meal. He self described as “crazy” and “stubborn” for wanting to do something more. In 1958, he began studying art at first with the Taller Libre de Arte para
Obreros (Free Art Workshop for laborers), which led to studies at the
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Although Tepito Arte Acá was founded by several people, it was Daniel
Manrique who was primarily responsible for the organization's survival into the 21st century. He was born on November 28, 1939, in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City. His talent for drawing appeared at a very young age. Between
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of 1968 which shook
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Despite the fact that the murals and other work have brought notice to Tepito Arte Acá and to
Manrique himself, the future of the murals and the organization has been uncertain since Manrique’s death. Manrique’s role brought him attention as he was behind the creation of most of the murals done in
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Tepito Arte Acá is one of very few of Los Grupos to survive from that time. The organization is one of several dedicated to preserving and promoting the culture of the neighborhood and challenging the official discourse about Tepito. It has since evolved into other activities including theatrical
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finishing in 1962. He suffered hunger and family problems while he was in school as his mother did not support his ambition to study painting, and according to
Manrique, did not understand why he wanted to study art and “abandon” his responsibility to help support the family. Through his life, he
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Con el paso del tiempo, Tepito avanzó de enclave miserable a barrio popular, al que ya nadie le quita la supremacía de lo bailado y de todo lo que ha vendido. Ya que la lógica del gran capital ha hecho de Tepito un reflejo del sistema político, pues sí, porque la ciudad lo necesita, si Tepito no
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The organization is best known historically for its murals on the tenements, put there to bring art to those who did not have any other access to culture. These were done under the direction of Daniel
Manrique who led this effort and the organization until his death in 2010. After the
116:, all to promote heritage of the neighborhood. The journal in particular challenged the idea that the neighborhood was simply a marginalized section of the poor working class. Instead, they promoted a worldview that saw wealthy Mexico as marginalized by Tepito.
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the neighborhood. The murals have not been cataloged and are in danger of disappearing because of sun, pollution, humidity and rain. Some have been restored but only through private initiatives. Some have already been erased or covered over.
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remain well known and mostly respected among the residents of Tepito, although he moved out from there in the late 1980s into another Mexico City neighborhood called Nueva
Atzacoalco, where he lived until his death.
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Dora Luz Haw (December 9, 1998). "Narra desde la pintura sus vivencias en Tepito" [He narrates with his painting his experiences in Tepito] (in
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on tenements, streets and underground passages. He promoted the work of the projects in various ways, including at the
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urban planning event held in Poland. The prize gave the plan visibility and prestige. It stopped the city plan but was never implemented.
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address concerns such as poverty, social marginalization, work issues and to promote the identity of the infamous neighborhood.
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with the aim of restoring and improving the existing structures. In 1979, this counter proposal won an honorable mention at a
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