Catalog of exhibitions held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, April 14-June 7, 2000, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, June 20-August 28, 2000.

English text.

Includes bibliography, selected exhibitions, and chronology.

Foreword / Catherine Lampert and José Guirao -- Lachi Xopa, el Pochote and the marketplace / Catherine Lampert -- Toledo / Dawn Ades -- Plates -- Off with Toledo's head, said the gut-slashed iguana / Carlos Monsiváis -- Plates -- Books, photographs and letters -- Chronology -- Bibliography and selected exhibitions -- List of works.

This exhibition catalog presents the work of Mexican artist Francisco Toledo and was published in connection with exhibitions at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid in 2000. The publication brings together reproductions of Toledo's paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, books, and other works, showing the wide range of subjects and techniques found in his artistic practice. The accompanying essays discuss different aspects of Toledo's work, his relationship with Mexican culture, and his interest in animals, nature, everyday life, literature, and traditional forms of knowledge. The catalog also includes writings by Catherine Lampert, Dawn Ades, Carlos Monsiváis, and others. In addition to the plates, the book contains a chronology of Toledo's life and career, a bibliography, selected exhibitions, and a list of works included in the exhibition. These materials provide useful background for understanding the development of Toledo's art and his place in modern and contemporary Mexican art. The publication is useful as a reference for students, researchers, artists, and readers interested in Mexican art, printmaking, painting, drawing, and contemporary artistic practice. It also records an important international exhibition of Toledo's work and provides documentation of artworks that were brought together for presentation in London and Madrid.