Martha Hellion. VS. Los Heroes Populares de la Mitologia Urbana

Mexico D.F., Unlimited Editions, 2003. Double spiral-bound, 19.5 x 21 cm, 60 pp, letterpress on cardboard paper. The sheets seem designed to play with, they can overlap in various ways. Edition of 300 copies. Features images of Mexican masked Lucha Libre wrestlers, juxtaposed with their names (El Santo, Universo 2000, El Rostro, Dandy, Martha Villalobos et al). Super rare publication, held in the collection of Macba Barcelona, not found in the trade. With inserted flyer for the book 'Libros de artista. Ulises Carrion', published by Marta Hellion in 2003.

Martha Hellion (b. 1937) is a Mexican visual artist, radical publisher, and freelance curator, with expertise on alternative artists' publications and printing initiatives. She co-founded Beau Geste Press in England with Felipe Ehrenberg and David Mayor in the 1970s, and is founder of the Center of Research and Documentation on Artists' Publications in Mexico City.