Robles, Harlow (Claudia Zapata)

Painted Art has changed since the Lascaux prehistoric cave paintings in France. In prehistoric times, people would use the walls of caves and soot to display the daily life of those times. As time passed and people kept evolving new methods to display their ideas and views paintings on canvas took form and different artwork started to developed. Artist started to make sculptures, write literature, perform in theater, etc... During the 1960's and 70's, the way we view art started to change again, especially the way  Chicano/a art was displayed. 

In the 1960's and 70's, Chicanx art went from posters and murals to the digital screen. Technological advances allowed for digital displays of art. One displayed that changed the way bugs on crops are killed was created by Barbara Carrasco and is titled "Pesticides". She used the digital platform to reach out to the millions of people who walk on Times Square in New York and bring awareness about the treatment of farm workers with the use of pesticides, cautioning that we should be aware of what farms are doing to the crops that we eat. This form of art makes it possible for an artist to reach people all over the world, regardless, or their social or economic background. So not only will the upper social classes be able to view beautiful displays of art, but so will the people who can't afford to visit museums or art exhibits. In addition, Chicano/a's are using this platform to make people more aware of the social injustice that takes place in all community's and with all people of color. As I read the article, I realized that digital art is being used in many different ways to reach out to the community and it's faster to make than the traditional pieces we would normally see.