MA Studies on MEXIARTE online collection Chicano/a Art, Movimento Y Mas En Austen, Tejas 1960s to 1980s

1. Chicano/a Art, Movimiento
y Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s
to 1980s
Carissa Vega
Introduction to mexican-american studies:

2. Description
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table of contents
Analysis
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Interpretation
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Evaluation
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3. DESCRIPTION
Of the online collection,
Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y
Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s
to 1980s, by the MEXIC ARTE
Museum in Austin, Texas.
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4. What is the written description
in the program about the event?
“Throughout Chicano/a Art Movimiento y Más en
Austen, Tejas 1960s to 1980s you will see how artists
often used their skills to support the Chicano civil
rights movement. In a variety of media, photography,
painting, and serigraphy, highlighted in this
exhibition, this generation of Chicano and Chicana
artists used their creativity and desire to make socio-
economic progress in Austin and in larger society.” -
Chicano Activism at UT Austin and in the Community
Pictured to the right is a silk screen print created by
Chicano artist Amado Peña, who created his own
unique style of art to promote and celebrate the
multiracial and ethnic heritage of Latinos in the
United States, primarily the Yaqui people, of which
Peña identified with.
Amado Peña
Casi ques del Movimiento, n.d.
Silkscreen, 76" x 47"

5. ARTISTS FEATURED
Amado Peña
Abajo con el Klan (Raul Salinas and
Brown Beret), 1983
Black and white photograph, 8" x 10"
La llorona cosmica, del 13 por
ultima ves, 1974
Pencil and pen on paper, 19 1/4" x
25 1/4" (framed)
Somillas de Liberacion, n.d.
Pencil on paper, 23 1/4" x 29
1/4"
Alan Pogue Carmen Lomas Garza

6. ARTISTS FEATURED
Sylvia
Orozco
Culturas, 1988
Alkyd and oil on panel, 14 5/8" x
12 3/4" (framed)
Chicano Protest March Against Police
Brutality, Nov. 12, 1977 (Texas Capitol), 1977
Black and white photograph, 11" x 14"
Sunday con Freddy, 1982
Oil on canvas, 2' x 2'
Raul Valdez Marta Sanchez

7. ARTISTS FEATURED
José Treviño
On Sunday April 23, 1978, another demonstration was
held, and more barrio people become involved as
well as outside sympathizers, 1978
Color photograph, 8” x 10”
Mi Recuerdo, 1974
Oil on canvas, 45" x 23"
Self-Portrait, 1970
Oil on canvas, 24" x 18"
Manuel “CHACa” Ramirez Carolina
Flores

8. When and where
was the work
created?
This collection focuses on a variety of medias
in art made between the 1960’s-1980’s by
Chicano(a) artists driven by inspiration from
a variety of factors such as the Chicano
Movement/ Civil Rights, Chicana Feminism,
access to education, with a strong
concentration on this generation of Chicano
and Chicana artists used their creativity and
desire to make socio-economic progress in
Austin and in larger society.

9. Elements In 40,000 Squares
Vicente "Chente"
Rodriguez
40,000 Squares, 1981
Mixed media, 38 1/2" x 26
1/2" (framed)
Elements
Rodriguez makes use of
geometrically straight
lines to create a vibrant,
colorful variety of squares
that fill the space with
carefully precise black
squares to create
movement in various
directions to create
abstract expressionism.

10. WhAt Media types
were shown?
Throughout Chicano/a Art Movimiento y Más
en Austen, Tejas 1960s to 1980s it is seen how
artists often used their skills to support the
Chicano civil rights movement. Making use of
a variety of media types such as photography,
painting, and serigraphy, lithography, drawing,
ceramics, sculptures, along with performance
art, and emphasis on Murals.

11. ANALYSIS
Of the online collection,
Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y
Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s
to 1980s, by the MEXIC ARTE
Museum in Austin, Texas
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12. Similarities in Photographs
Photography was vital to providing first hand evidence of the issues
that Chicanos and non-Chicanos faced in Austin and around the
nation.
Alan Pogue
People’s Anti-Klan March: Fight Racism
and KKK Terrorism, we will win (Mexican
flag on Congress and 1st), 1983
Black and white photograph, 8" x 10"
Courtesy of Alan Pogue
Sylvia Orozco
Chicano Protest March Against Police
Brutality, Nov. 12, 1977 (Gonzalo Barriento
and others at the Texas Capitol), 1977
Black and white photograph, 11" x 14"
Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection
Nancy de los Santos
Untitled (Congress Ave), 1977
Black and white photograph, 10" x 8"
"Nancy De Los Santos Collection," The
Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory
Collective

13. Similarities in Posters
Posters were a creative way for Chicano artist to
spread important information throughout the
neighborhood regarding various events such as
community gatherings, art exhibits, and social
causes.
Amado Peña
Art Exhibit by Chicano Artists, 1974
Seriagraph, 16 1/8" x 10 1/4"
Courtesy of Martha and Juan Cotera
Luis Guerra
Texas Farmworkers March to Washington
for Human Rights, 1977
Serigraph, 21" x 25"
Courtesy of Luis Guerra
Conferencia Plastica Chicana Poster for
Mujeres Artistas del Suroeste
1979 (Signed)
Commercial print, 22" x 15"
Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent
Collection

14. Similarities in Art
A vital characteristic to the 1960s-1980s Chicano and Chicana
artist was an established connection to the culture in their
Spanish, Mexican, Indigenous, and American roots. This would be
emphasised within the artwork itself as it culminated into
creative expression within the Chicano culture.
Alan Pogue
Low Rider Series Low and Slow, 1981
Black and white photograph, 5" x 8 7/8"
Courtesy of Alan Pogue
José Treviño
Simple Placeres, 1978
Pen, pencil, and ink on paper, 11 3/4" x 16"
Courtesy of the Anisa and Juan Tejeda
Sylvia Orozco
Chicano Graffiti, 1988
Acrylic and marble dust, 4’ x 4’
Courtesy of Sylvia Orozco

15. INTERPRETATION
Of the online collection,
Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y
Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s
to 1980s, by the MEXIC ARTE
Museum in Austin, Texas.
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16. Expressive Qualities
Vibrant
Amado Peña
Rosa Del Tepeyac, 1974
Serigraph, 16 1/8" x 10 1/4"
Mexic-Arte Permanent
Collection
Inspiring
“Palma’s painting of
bounded hands resonates
with people who
experienced discrimination
and abuse from economic
and political conditions
during the Civil Rights
Movement.” (MEXICARTE)
Woeful
Alan Pogue
Raul Salinas - Justice!, c.
1981
Black and white
photograph, 21” x 25 ½”
Courtesy of Alan Pogue
Janis Palma
Manos Mundo, 1976
Oil on canvas, 3' x 4'
Courtesy of Janis Palma
In this serigraph, a
silkscreen print, Peña
makes use of bright colors
to create Our Lady of
Guadalupe, also known as
the Virgin Mary.
Surrounding her likeness
with a bright yellow to
represent her holiness.
“Looking at the work of
these artists, we can see
that they were able to
create artwork that
spoke to their own
individual creative
interests and, at the
same time, create
artwork that supported
the greater collective
cause of
justice”(MEXICARTE)

17. Self-connections found
Alan Pogue
Untitled (La Peña program in back patio of
Las Manitas), n.d.
Black and white photograph, 16" x 19 3/4"
Courtesy of Alan Pogue
NOSTALGIA
While looking through
the collection I kept
seeing various pieces that
reminded me of
childhood such as this
picture taken by Pogue.
As a Tejana my family has
used any excuse to
gather together and
celebrate but birthdays
especially are
commemorated events
that share the same
familial joy across
decades.

18. Worldly relations
Alan Pogue
Economy Furniture Strike -
Rally at the Capitol, Austin,
Texas, c. 1970
Black and white photograph,
8" x 10"
Courtesy of Alan Pogue
Chicano Movement
Chicana Feminism
Sylvia Orozco
Untitled (MAS exhibition photo),
1976
Black and white photograph, 11"
x 14" (framed)
Courtesy of Sylvia Orozco
“The Chicano movement made strides in fair
labor practices like those in Austin with the
Economy Furniture Strike, police reform after
the killing of Jose “Joe” Campos that took place
in Dallas, fighting for equal neighborhood
treatment with the protests surrounding the
East Austin Boat race controversy, protests
against the Ku Klux Klan, and against unjust
labor practices like with the Texas Farm
Workers Union’s March for Human Rights.”
“An unfortunate aspect of the Chicano movement is
the underrepresentation of women both within the
Chicano civil rights movement and the early
Chicano art movement. Although important figures,
like Dolores Huerta held valuable roles in
organizations like the United Farm Workers union,
on large-scale women were excluded from
participation and leadership positions in the
movement. This exclusion left many talented
women with an important creative perspective
without a support system to work on political
change or further their artistic vision.”

19. EVALUATION
Of the online collection,
Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y
Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s
to 1980s, by the MEXIC ARTE
Museum in Austin, Texas.
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20. Lasting
Impact
Sylvia Orozco
Chicano Protest March Against Police Brutality, Nov. 12, 1977 (East Austin), 1977
Black and white photograph, 11" x 14"
In the last 60-40 years since
Chicano art has become apart of
Mexican-American culture there
has been an explosion of
opportunities and appreciation
within and for the Chicano
community. Despite all of the
successes seen overtime the
Chicano people have a longer
journey ahead to fully achieve
recognition in their pursuits.

21. COLLECTIONS
oRIGINALITY
Raul Valdez
Xoxhitl at Pan Am in 1985, 1985
Black and white photograph, 12
3/4" x 16 3/4" (framed)
Courtesy of Raul Valdez
The collection itself
displays its originality
within every piece.
Beyond the art is the
importance of the
revolutions captured
and pushed forward
due to an emphasis on
self identify within art
and one's culture, the
creativity seen in this
time period is
something to be
marveled.

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