Chicano Artists Challenging History and Reclaiming Cultural Memory
May 6th, 2021, 11:00AM / BY Claudia Zapata Chicano artists used inventive graphic forms to offer new perspectives on key moments in national and global history Rupert García, Right On!, 1968, screenprint on paper (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.42.3, © 1968, Rupert García) In 1968, graphic artist Rupert García became a pivotal figure in the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of Chicano, African American, Asian American, and Native students who held a ma...
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