Murals

Chicano flag, that is being settled on American soil as a symbol of reclamation of ex Mexican territory. The flag shows an inverted pyramid of pyramids of New Ashland.

The virgin of guadalue. That represents the most important religion in Mexico. She’s represented as the sun

The Popocatépetl and the Mexican sierras

Mexicans through the history, showing the prehispanics, colonization (spanish conquest) and indepencence.

Historical context: this mural is an allegory a sculpture situated on Washinton DC of American soldiers planting an american flag in Japanese territory at the end of WWII. It represents how Chicano culture has been settled in America. We can conclude that this mural is more political.

Drugs And alcohol in the toilet to get rid of them. It represent the mexican and afro-American of LA that are against the stereotype of Mexicans and afro-Americans selling drugs.

Chicanos and afro American people with the slogan “Barrios Unidos” to show that they are equal. they are trowing a cigarette on the toilet.

Industrial zone to represent the stonks of illegal drugs on the United States

This is a social mural because we can see 3 people: a chicano, an afro-American and an American. They are throwing drugs in the toilet together to represent union. It also shows the problems between neighborhoods in United States.

the wall that separates Mexico from the United States.