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Years ago, the art world did not recognize Chicano art as real art, but Cheech Marin would have none of that, he said.“I wouldn’t give up,” Marin said Wednesday night in Riverside. “I kept ...
Chicano artist Gonzalo J. Plascencia of El Paso, Texas, has created several Chicano mural posters that reclaim our Chicano/Latino roots and honor both contemporary and historical figures. 0:00 / 0:00.
EBLBARAZZA18_002.JPG Photo taken on 6/4/04 in SAN LEANDRO. Detail of one of Barazza's posters. Jesus Barazza, 27, of Oakland is a silkscreen artist in the Chicano tradition.
Chicano art was born during the political unrest of the 1960s and '70s, and it has bubbled along ever since. But as Rachael Myrow of member station KQED reports, the work has taken on a fiercer ...
Chicano art never really went out of style in California; it was born during the political foment of the 1960s and ’70s, and it’s bubbled along since then for decades. Now there’s a new wave of the ...
Chicano art never really went out of style in California; it was born during the political foment of the 1960s and '70s, and it's bubbled along since then for decades. Now there's a new wave of ...