Printing the Revolution Opening Reception, featuring Esther Hernandez exhibits art during the Chicanx movement. Most notably, I enjoyed that the featured artists were from different points of life; in other words, they’re different generations of artists that worked . I found this to be very critical to the analysis of art in regard to the revolution because it shows how far we’ve come, and what there’s still left to do. It also tells a lot about the social implications that influenced the movement to be the way it was. For example, at the beginning Esther talks about her early life and how the women in her life, as well as parents encouraged her to be proud of her culture and pursuit art. She then goes on to talk about how her and her community witnessed the United Farm Workers march to Sacramento in the 60s. She specifically recalls the Teatro Campesino using visual arts and comedy; they were using art for social change. Later, Zeke Peña does an excellent job of introducing the concept of technology and how much it has had an impact on his work and his goals. Particularly, in honoring the previous generation’s work that has paved the way for him, while expanding knowledge in support of the movement within his own work. Esther then agrees in the importance of technology, especially because she’s very hopeful in future generations (she wants to be there for them). Juan Fuentes later continues with this topic in that he praises it for allowing the space to become more inclusive; getting their message out is much easier and much quicker. He mentions that back in the day they used posters and they had to be used in a certain way (bakeries, small businesses, barber shops, etc), and though spreading this message has changed, the posters themselves and the message itself hasn’t.
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