Gender Representation and the Curation of Chicano Visions

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

3 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

06/19/2008

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Linguistics

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Summary :

The art of Chicano Visions
The painting by Ester HernÃ¡ndez - far more eminent figure in the Chicano Art Movement.
One mythical icon that many Chicanas have chosen to revisit
Collaborative efforts were established with scholars except to write descriptive essays for the book.
Conclusion

Abstract

The chicano Art Movement began in part as an effort on the part of Chicanos to take agency in their own representation. Before the Movement, most available representation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans cast them in a negative light - often as servile or violent (Davalos 3). It is arguable whether this has changed, but the Movement has allowed Chicanas and Chicanos to offer alternative representations of themselves. However, to convey these new representations to the mainstream - to get them past the "cultural gatekeepers" Luis Camnitzer points out - the Movement has turned to mainstream museums (Alba 21). This has presented a set of complications inherent to exhibition practices. In the case of chicano visions: American Painters on the Verge, an exhibition curated mostly from the private collection of Cheech and Patti Marin, these complications become particularly problematic.