What is José Sacal?
[[Image:José Sacal at World Art Vision - Cancun.jpg|thumb|300px|right|José Sacal at [http://www.world-art-vision.com World Art Vision] - [[Cancun]] [[Mexico]]]] '''José Sacal Micha''' (25 September 1944 &ndash; 4 October 2018) was a Mexican [[Sculpture|sculptor]] and [[ceramist]]. He was born in [[Cuernavaca, Morelos]]. His work has been interpreted as [[Surrealism]]. In 2008, the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture in [[Los Angeles]] featured an exhibit ''José Sacal, Contemporary Sculpture from Mexico''.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-et-culture16-2008aug16,0,4961362.story ''Gregorio Luke takes Latino Museum post'',] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', August 16, 2008</ref> His art was about the culture of Mexico, [[immigrant]]'s life, and critical of the Mexican political environment. He was critical of President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]]. Sacal died of [[leukemia]] in [[Mexico City]] on 4 October 2018 at the age of 74.<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/fallece-el-escultor-mexicano-jose-sacal Fallece el escultor mexicano José Sacal] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacal, Jose}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:Mexican painters]] [[Category:Mexican sculptors]]