Ua hānau ʻia ʻo José Reyes Meza ma Tampico, Tamaulipas, i ka makahiki 1924, kanawalu makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ʻo ka haʻi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kū ka manawa iā ia.
Hāʻawi ʻia me ka hoʻomaha ʻole o ka ʻike nui a me ka hiki ke hauʻoli i ke ola, ʻo kona ʻano ke ʻano o kahi ʻōpio, a hōʻike ʻia kēia i kāna mau hana āpau.
He kāne ʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi hoʻi, ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna kamaʻilio me nā mea hoʻomākeʻaka a me nā huaʻōlelo puʻupuʻu e pili ana i nā kumuhana i ʻāpana o kāna ao holoʻokoʻa: ka hakakā bipi, ke kuke ʻana a me ka pena ʻana (ʻo ia kekahi ala kuke).
ʻO kāna ʻano hoihoi a noʻonoʻo hoʻi i alakaʻi iā ia e ʻimi i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā hana palakiko: ʻo ke kumumanaʻo o ke kiʻi ʻana, ka pena mural a me ka paʻi kiʻi maʻalahi, nā kiʻi kiʻi a me nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi keaka, ke kū nei i loko o lākou āpau.
E like me nā haumāna mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e neʻe i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mekiko e hoʻomau i kāna aʻo ʻana, a ma ka 18 ua komo ʻo ia i ka National Institute of Anthropology and History, kahi i ʻike ai ʻo ia i ka pena a me ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. I loko o ka hui o nā haumāna ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Theatre Autonomous Student Theatre a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻomōhala i kahi hana ikaika i ka pae. I ka makahiki 24, ua kākau inoa ʻo ia i loko o ka National School of Plastik Arts, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia nā aʻo aʻo mai Francisco Goytia, Francisco de la Torre a me Luis Sahagún.
Hana ʻole ʻo Reyes Meza a huakaʻi i ka lōʻihi a me ka laulā o ko mākou ʻāina, i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho a i ʻole he muralist, e lawe ana i nā hana no nā aupuni mokuʻāina a me nā mea kūʻai aku pilikino. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho ma ka National Institute of Fine Arts, UNAM, Social Security, ka Theatre Classical a me ka Spanish Theatre o Mekiko, nā makasina mele a me cabaret, ʻo kāna hana i hala ma mua o iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki.
Ua hana mural ʻo Reyes Meza ma Los Angeles, ma ke Kulanui o Tamaulipas, ma ka National Museum of History, ma ka Public Regist Registry, ma ka Raudales de Malpaso Dam ma Chiapas, ma ka Hale Piliwaiwai de la Selva ma Cuernavaca a me nā mea hou aku. i nā hale pule a puni ka Repubalika. He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo ia o nā ʻāpana ʻenehana palika like ʻole a ua loaʻa nā makana a me nā ʻike mai nā kula nui a me nā ʻoihana kūhelu. I kēia manawa ʻo kāna hana he ʻāpana o nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino, a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike ma Mekiko a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua hana ʻo José Reyes Meza iā "Mekiko a me ka Mekiko" i kāna mea nui e hopohopo nui ai, a ua hōʻike ʻia kēia i kāna hana ʻoihana. Ua loaʻa i kāna mele a me kāna mau palaki nā mahalo o nā loiloi loea i ka hana noʻeau a me kāna moʻo o nā bipi a me nā ola mau (nā ʻano nohona, e like me kāna ʻōlelo maʻamau) kahi mea nui, kahi e hoʻopili ai i ke kala, nā mālamalama, nā mea ʻono a me nā mea maʻamau o ko mākou ʻāina. Akā na ke kumu e haʻi mai iā mākou i kekahi mea e pili ana i kona ola.
KAU HANA HIKI EKOLU MEA: PALAKI
Ua hānau ʻia ʻekolu mau leo me aʻu: ka mea pena, ka mea hana bipi a me ka mea kuke; ʻO ka pena kiʻi ka mea i makemake ʻia no ke ola. ʻO Bullfighting koʻu wā ʻōpio a me kaʻu haʻuki ʻōpio, me ka ʻole o nā hoʻokamani ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka māʻona o kaʻu ʻoihana lua. Mai ka 1942 a hiki i ka 1957 ua hana huakaʻi au ma loko o ka Lepupalika ʻo Mekiko e ʻimi nei i ka manawa kūpono e komo ai i nā groping, capeas a me nā bipi kauō o ke kaona; I loko o kēlā mau hālāwai i loaʻa ai iaʻu kahi ʻāpana hohonu o kēlā ʻano puʻupuʻu pohihihi, a ke komo pū nei i loko o kahi syncretism mystical-religious-indigenous, ua kōkua i ka euphoria o nā ʻoliʻoli e like me ke ʻano o ka poʻe o Mekiko: nā papa hana i hoʻoponopono ʻia a me nā pā liʻiliʻi i hoʻonani ʻia me nā lei pepa Kina, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hanu i ka ʻaʻala o ka hale kūpaʻa a me ka pā. ʻO ke kaona o ke kaona me kekahi mau leʻaleʻa a me nā mea pūʻiwa ʻē aʻe i waho o ke kani, hoʻolaha i nā pasodobles a ʻoliʻoli i nā bipi kauō, pehea koʻu nalo ʻana iā ia.
ʻO 1935 ia a loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu hana mua ma Tampico i ka makahiki ʻumikūmākahi oʻu: he keiki kāne kīhini ma ka hale ʻaina o ka hui ʻaila ʻEnelani ʻo El Águila, i kēia manawa ʻo PEMEX. Ua hauʻoli wau ma ke ʻano he kuke haumana haumana, no ka mea ua hoʻolohe wau i koʻu manaʻo ʻekolu. Ma laila wau i ʻike ai i ka hoʻomaka o nā mea āpau, ka hauʻoli o ka noho ʻana ma o kēlā hana mana kilokilo ʻo ka lumi kuke; halihali ia i kekahi mea a i ʻole ka nui o ka mysticism, pili ia i kahi hana nui a ke kanaka nāna mai ka hoʻomaka me ka Word, no ka mea, ma ka huaʻōlelo nā huaʻōlelo a me nā huaʻōlelo i ka meaʻai, a ma ka papa hana ka hana o ka hana ʻana - kīhini o ma o a no laila ke ahi - hana, e like me nā ʻono, nā ʻala, nā kala a me nā ʻano o nā mea a ke Akua i hana ai a noho ma ka honua, i ka wai a me ka ea. ʻO kahi ʻike i hoʻokumu i nā kumu noʻu e hoʻokō i nā ola mau, ʻaʻole ola akā ola, i kahi noho mau kahi e hōʻike mau ai ka nani o ke ola. Hōʻike ʻia ke ola i loko o kahi hana kuke e lawe ʻia e hānai i ke kino, a i kahi hana o ka kuke kiʻi paʻi ʻia e hānai i ka ʻuhane.
ʻO kaʻu mau hana ʻekolu i loko o hoʻokahi: pena kiʻi ʻana; ʻĀ, ua hoʻi hou ke kumuhana o nā bipi i kaʻu hana kiʻi a me ka kuke ʻana i hāʻawi iaʻu a hoʻomau e hāʻawi iaʻu i ka hauʻoli o ka hana ʻana a me ka leʻaleʻa iā ia. Hoʻomaʻa ʻia kaʻu hana mural a me nā kiʻi kiʻi.
Punawai: Aeroméxico Tips No. 30 Tamaulipas / Spring 2004
