In the ¡Printing The Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano, Graphics, 1965 to Now review they speak about E. Carmen Ramos and Claudia Zapata’s execution of pulling together such a fine collection over several years of going back and forth across the United States—speaking and meeting with artists, print scholars, colleagues, and collectors.
The interviews go into the history of the once derogatory term; Chicano, to be more evoked as a cultural and political badge of honor. This term ultimately rejects the melting pot assimilation by challenging the racial hierarchies of the United States society. Printmakers of the movimiento of the 1960s project the revolutionary new consciousness—This exhibition holds onto posters as early as five decades ago to work that is being produced now. These early prints reveal the important role of the United farm workers using texts and powerful graphics to broadcast the voices of the people and the union’s message. This exhibition includes work that addresses the pressing issues of today; such as, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the injustices of police brutality, and Latinx artists work that contribute or are inspired by Movimiento. These works contain everyday events of the common person that are continuously fighting for equality.
Works through out this exhibition acquire printmaking, silk screen printing, lithography, installations, and digital graphics that are curated in the natural way the viewer would see them for the first time. Portraiture is viewed as a window into history, text and images are to highlight change makers that altered the course of global history. My favorite work is anything that reaches back to Pre-Columbian Codices, creating a contemporary theme, to readdress history and heritage.
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