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Chicana art emerged as part of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s. It used art to express political and social resistance [1] through different art mediums. Chicana artists explore and interrogate traditional Mexican-American values and embody feminist themes through different mediums such as murals, painting, and photography.
Much of the art and the artists creating Chicano Art were heavily influenced by Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which began in the 1960s. Chicano art was influenced by post- Mexican Revolution ideologies, pre-Columbian art, European painting techniques and Mexican-American social, political and cultural issues. [ 1 ]
Chicano performance art continued with the work of Los Angeles' comedy troupe Culture Clash, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Nao Bustamante, known internationally for her conceptual art pieces and as a participant in Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Chicano performance art became popular in the 1970s, blending humor and pathos for tragicomic effect.
The previous year the Chicano art group Asco spray-painted the LACMA facade to protest the lack of Latino representation in the museum. Initially, Los Four were offered a corner of a gallery at LACMA.
The recently opened Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture is an essential repository of recent art history. Review: What is Chicano art? Riverside's new Cheech Marin Center offers an ...
Chicano mural in Clarion Alley Street art in San Francisco, California. A Chicano mural is an artistic expression done, most commonly, on walls or ceilings by Chicanos or Mexican-American artists. Chicano murals rose during the Chicano art movement, that began in the 1960, with the influence of Mexican muralism and the Mexican Revolution. [1]
He is considered one of the pioneers of San Diego's Chicano art movement. [3] [4] Ochoa was one of the original activists at Chicano Park [4] and a co-founder of Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, both in San Diego. [4] [5] He helped establish the influential Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronteriza (BAW/TAF). [6]
Richard Saul Duardo (1952 – 2014) [1] was an American master printmaker, visual artist, and illustrator, of Mexican descent.He was known for screen printing, and was an important person within the Chicano art community in Los Angeles, California.