Description
This remarkable assemblage of silkscreen prints represents the best in visual communication and artistry from California’s Latino/a printmaking community. Spanning the decades from the 1970s to topics of concern today, Serigrafía offers a strong set of iconic prints that instantly convey powerful messages with bold images and sparse, but impactful text.
Ranging from political and economic to social and cultural, the themes in these prints tackle issues, head on, from the personal to the global. Print topics include economic justice, agricultural boycotts, the Occupy Movement, imperialism, human rights, civil liberties, solidarity movements, and cultural celebrations.
The prints in this exhibit represent topics of concern to Latino/a communities, and all Californians, and were made by Latino/a artists. The works were carefully selected by a group of co-curators with historical expertise and first-hand printmaking experience, including:
- Tony Carranza, Art Director / TUMIS
- Lincoln Cushing, Author and Archivist / Oakland Museum of CA
- Juan R. Fuentes, Printmaker, Visiting Faculty at San Francisco Art Institute, and Former Director / Mission Gráfica
- Carlos Jackson, Assistant Professor / UC Davis Department of Chicano/a Studies and Director / Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer
- Favianna Rodriguez, Printmaker and Co-Founder of Presente.org
- Jos Sances, Artist, Founder / Alliance Graphics and Co-Founder / Mission Gráfica
- Carol Wells, Executive Director / Center for the Study of Political Graphics
The exhibit contains 30 prints framed original silkscreens from a variety of major collections throughout California including:
- Alliance Graphics
- Center for the Study of Political Graphics
- Mission Gráfica
- Oakland Museum of California, All Of Us Or None Archive
- Self Help Graphics & Art
- UC Davis Department of Chicana/o Studies Collection
Printmakers featured include:
- Jesus Barraza
- Barbara Carrasco
- Leonard Castellanos
- Rene Castro
- Melanie Cervantes
- Enrique Chagoya
- Ricardo Favela
- Juan R. Fuentes
- Rupert Garcia
- Daniel González
- Xico González
- Ester Hernandez
- Yolanda M. López
- Linda Lucero
- Estria Miyashiro
- Malaquias Montoya
- Gilda Posada
- Celina Rodriguez
- Favianna Rodriguez
- Jos Sances
- Mark Vallen
- Xavier Viramontes
- Ernesto Yerena
This exhibition was funded by The James Irvine Foundation and is part of our Contemporary Art in California Communities Initiative.
Specs
- Audience:
- Adult, Teens
- Rental Fee:
- RETIRED
- Size:
- 120 linear feet
- Security:
- High
Exhibit Components:
Schedule and Availability
Past Dates | |
October 8, 2012 – December 7, 2012 | UC Davis Design Museum, Davis |
November 29, 2013 – December 31, 2013 | Arté Americas, Fresno |
January 19, 2014 – May 4, 2014 | |
July 20, 2014 – September 7, 2014 | |
November 9, 2014 – January 4, 2015 | Vacaville Museum |