Judith F. Baca

        Judith F. Baca is a Chicana artist who was a pioneer in creating public art, specifically here in Los Angeles. She is most recognized for her 2,740 mural in North Hollywood that aims to tell an alternative history of California focusing on marginalized and underrepresented communities. This mural is representative of Baca’s work as an artist and presents many themes that her other pieces are centralized around. Unlike other Chicana/o and Feminist artists of her time, Baca focused on tactics that are oppositional to shared cultural values, social harmony, and consensus. She does this to emphasize the importance of dissension and opposing views because to her, history is only understood when accounting for both sides of the story. 
        The World Wall: A Vision of the Future without Fear by Judith F. Baca is a portable mural that she created to circulate her ideas and messages more broadly. She constantly challenged the cultural nationalism of the Chicano movement in order to attract new audiences and experiment with new forms and formats. Nonviolent Resistance (1989)  is one of the four panels of the The World Wall. In this panel, Baca depicts activists linking arms to halt the tide of the Gulf War and an addiction to fossil fuels. Behind the 5 activists is a dual-toned wave of tanks, gas masks, and oil and blood that bleeds into, and disturbs the peace of the green meadows that the activists stand on. The activists themselves represent marginalized groups and their hope to fight back against dominant power structures.  Overall Judith F. Baca believed that although the Chicano Movement was small and insular, it was one that had repercussions beyond the Southwest, which is why she intended her art to reach more than just those already familiar with the Mexican culture.