The Chicana artist that stood out to me the most during
presentations this week was Favianna Rodriguez. I admire how Favianna’s prints
represent her standing on the many political issues that surrounds us, even
until this day. The image that I liked the most was Favianna’s Migration is Beautiful print, which
depicts a beautiful black and yellow butterfly that has a mirror effect and
faces. The butterfly is known to migrate, and cross borders for survival during
the changing seasons. Favianna is trying to convey that she supports migration,
where as in the United States, migration is looked down on, and is essentially
difficult to accomplish. Favianna’s print does a great job of cleverly
conveying the beauty of migration, by utilizing the butterfly that migrates
across borders along with her message. We can understand that Favianna wants a
change in the restrictions on migration especially for people from Mexico. I
like how Favianna supports different important political issues such as
migration, women’s rights, immigration rights, and patriarchy, which make all her
prints so powerful and meaningful. It’s great that Favianna chooses to express
her activism towards many political issues through art, as art helps to create
awareness in a creative and powerful way.
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