CHICANO MURALS
Made by Frida M and Bernardo R
FRIDA M AND BERNARDO R
INTRODUCTION
Being a Chicano, means being a US resident with Mexican backgrounds. In the 60s and 70s many cultural movements emerged, among which appeared the Chicano movement. Led by activist César Chávez, its goal is to make people proud of their origins. Furthermore, art plays a big role in the movements becoming a form of expressing political messages, they are a social stance for the people.. In this movement, art started and continues to revolve around murals, inspired by great Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera. This is why it is interesting to study these Chicano murals.
INDEX
Mural n°2
Mural n°1
Mural n°4
Mural n°3
CONCLUSION
The Chicano movement from the 60s showcases unity and togetherness within the Mexican origin community in the United States. They express pride in their backgrounds through art, more specifically murals. They depict historical figures of Mexican culture and meaningful symbols as a statement. Murals today are used as a social stance for people to feel welcome or to teach others about the importance of their culture.
The main element in the mural, the four men planting the Chicano flag in U.S territory. Depicting a modern Chicano, a Mexican revolutionary, a Spanish conquistador and an indigenous person, it shows the symbolical reconquest of the territories lost during the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This references what Chicanos call "the New Aztlán". It is also a reference to a famous statue, "The marine corps memorial" in Arlington County.
The message “young people of Watts” references Watts, LA a place filled to the brim with Chicano culture and people. However, in 1992 after African-American Rodney King was beaten to death by police officers, who were immediately released, riots started in LA.
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CHICANO MURALS
Made by Frida M and Bernardo R
FRIDA M AND BERNARDO R
INTRODUCTION
Being a Chicano, means being a US resident with Mexican backgrounds. In the 60s and 70s many cultural movements emerged, among which appeared the Chicano movement. Led by activist César Chávez, its goal is to make people proud of their origins. Furthermore, art plays a big role in the movements becoming a form of expressing political messages, they are a social stance for the people.. In this movement, art started and continues to revolve around murals, inspired by great Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera. This is why it is interesting to study these Chicano murals.
INDEX
Mural n°2
Mural n°1
Mural n°4
Mural n°3
CONCLUSION
The Chicano movement from the 60s showcases unity and togetherness within the Mexican origin community in the United States. They express pride in their backgrounds through art, more specifically murals. They depict historical figures of Mexican culture and meaningful symbols as a statement. Murals today are used as a social stance for people to feel welcome or to teach others about the importance of their culture.
The main element in the mural, the four men planting the Chicano flag in U.S territory. Depicting a modern Chicano, a Mexican revolutionary, a Spanish conquistador and an indigenous person, it shows the symbolical reconquest of the territories lost during the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This references what Chicanos call "the New Aztlán". It is also a reference to a famous statue, "The marine corps memorial" in Arlington County.
The message “young people of Watts” references Watts, LA a place filled to the brim with Chicano culture and people. However, in 1992 after African-American Rodney King was beaten to death by police officers, who were immediately released, riots started in LA.