A new show explores the work that came out of East LA's Self Help Graphics Studio.
Left: Yreina D. Cervántez, Danza Ocelotl, 1983, screenprint with glitter, 35 1/6 x 23 1/16 in. Right: Teddy Sandoval, Angel Baby, 1995, screenprint, 44 x 30 in. Both courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017.
Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, the exhibition features over 70 works created between 1978 and 1997, drawn from a gift of around 350 prints given to the museum by Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas. These prints are what the museum’s director Simone Wicha calls “vibrant expressions ofidentity at a critical moment in history.” Here, co-curators Florencia Bazzano and Christian Wurst walk us through six key pieces in the exhibition.
is after a now-lost mural he painted in East LA back in 1993, as Self Help gave him the opportunity to make works that could disseminate to a wide audience, and not be subjected the whims of building owners and land developers.” José Alpuche, El Espiritu Azteca, 1995, screenprint, 26 x 20 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2019.is a perfect example of how Chicanx artists are inspired by Mesoamerican myths and histories. These pre-Hispanic traditions evinced a sense of pride in the achievements made by the artists’ ethnic and cultural forebears. The Aztec figure depicted in this print represents a warrior and archer sometimes identified by the name.
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