The Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA) Exhibition was an opportunity for Chicanos and Chicanas to showcase their artwork, however, it delivered poorly in the representation of Chicana artworks. One thing that stuck out to me from the reading was how key factors that are usually paired with communities of color was not included in the exhibit. In the text it includes topics such as racism, violence and misogyny, how the exhibit also missed on portraying the different sides of men and women (145).
The essay touches on how CARA missed the point on properly exhibiting feminist viewpoints, which could be because of how many women were really included. But one thing the essay does touch on is how traditional figures used to shame women are now being used to empower themselves. These figures transcend to Yolanda's depiction of La Virgen, that is shown in the essay, on how it is a form of ending the patriarchy.
Can the depiction of, La Virgen, transcend into other communities that do not identify as Chicanas?
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