One memorable artist from last week that I was introduced for the first time was Martha Ramirez-Oropeza. Martha is known as a muralist and painter, but she is also a theater performer, professor and lecturer with a research emphasis Nahuatl history and philosophy.
Many of Martha's art pieces reflect her own philosophy and beliefs. Within most of her pieces we see an emphasis of Mexican/Chicano history and often incorporates spiritual and cultural figures. Martha began drawing at a young age and used it as a way to escape her own reality. As she grew older, she choose to advance her talents in the art world, while also working in research.
The piece feature bellow is one of the piece that stood out the most for me. This mural was painted at the University of Oregon for Hispanic Heritage Month and embodies a collision of significant events and cultural icons in the Latino/x community. In the piece we see a mix of Chicano/x images such as the Chicano Movement, the United Farm Workers, and Azlan representation. In a away this piece was intended to persevere the history of Azlan and the history of Chicano/x in American.
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