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  2. Paño - Wikipedia

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    Paños are pen or pencil drawings on fabric, a form of prison artwork made in the Southwest United States created primarily by pintos, or Chicanos who are or have been incarcerated. [1] The first paños, made with pieces of bedsheets and pillowcases, were made in the 1930s. They were originally used to communicate messages.

  3. César Martínez (artist) - Wikipedia

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    César Augusto Martínez (born 1944 in Laredo, Texas) is an artist, prominent in the field of Chicano art. While studying at what was then called Texas A&I College (later Texas A&I University), he became involved in the Chicano movement for civil rights.

  4. Pinto (subculture) - Wikipedia

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    Paño, a form of pinto arte (a caló term for male prisoner) using pen and pencil, developed in the 1930s, first using bed sheets and pillowcases as canvases. [5] Paño has been described as rasquachismo, a Chicano worldview and artmaking method which makes the most from the least. [6]

  5. Luis Jiménez (sculptor) - Wikipedia

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    Luis Alfonso Jiménez Jr. (July 30, 1940 – June 13, 2006) was an American sculptor and graphic artist of Mexican descent who identified as a Chicano. [1] [2] He was known for portraying Mexican, Southwestern, Hispanic-American, and general themes in his public commissions, some of which are site specific.

  6. Chicano - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Chicano art movement - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  8. Pencil drawing - Wikipedia

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    Pencil drawings were not known before the 17th century, [1] with the modern concept of pencil drawings taking shape in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1] Pencil drawings succeeded the older metalpoint drawing stylus, which used metal instead of graphite. [1] Modern artists continue to use the graphite pencil for artworks and sketches. [1]

  9. Charles Bojórquez - Wikipedia

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    Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez is a Mexican-American Chicano graffiti artist and painter from Los Angeles who is known for his work in Cholo-style calligraphy. [1] He is credited with bringing the Chicano and Cholo graffiti style into the established art scene.