Week 4: Printing the Revolution! Exhibition Preview

 printing the revolution considers the rise and impact of chicanx graphics movement. urgent issues looked at art which was about immediate community struggle, like the farmworkers. racial and global symbols to create a visual language that speaks to chicanx people across the globe. a new chicano world are works that reclaim chicanx images to reimagine how we present community experience and narratives. brings value and light to chicanx culture in visual art. this gallery also looks to show how we visualize the world we live in. and how chicanx artists insert their working into the mainstream art world, through social media and just out into the public world. this show overall does a really good job at not only highlighting the works of many overlooked artist but also how these artists influenced graphic arts outside of the chicanx community. we see in many ways how the works in this collection are created similar to many of the recent iconic works centered around justice and protest which we see today. the iconic line visual language the artists use in their works is really interesting. i really enjoy the ways they bring in portraiture, it feels like a more personal way to build community especially when these works are shared through somewhat impersonal means, such as social media. i think it would be really exciting to not only see these works within a traditional gallery space, but i also think it would be cool to see these printed graphic works hung up across a neighborhood, not simply as an act of protest, but as an act of community. situating these works in such a visible place and situation feels like a good way to further the act of self-love, radical reclamation, and visibility.