Chicano Art Movement Analysis
Throughout the years, there have been many figures that transformed and impacted the world of art that we now know today. Artists such as Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros started the movement of Mexican Muralism. Their success as the “Three Great Ones” inspired a movement whose ripple effect would last till the end of the 20th century. The legacy, which they left behind, would transcend onto the Movement of Chicano Art and especially the remnants that can be seen in the Oakland Museum of Art. The Oakland Museum of California reached out to its surrounding communities and more so to the minorities. The Chicano Art Movement brought out artist, photographers, and activist who fought for the rights of laborers during the Labor Movement, which shaped,
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This meant that they wanted to represent their own through the struggles they face in society, the tough economic conditions of their people, and the lack of political representation in government. As a whole, they wanted to express their inner feelings regarding the common goal of fighting oppression and celebrating their love for their cultural heritage. To emulate labor as an issue, Rivera created murals such as “Allegory of California at the pacific Stock Exchange Luncheon Club (1931)” (In the Spirit of Resistance, 33). For the most part the reading, lectures, and murals of Mexican artists allowed African-American artists to stay committed to the depiction of social issues in their work. The workings of the “Three Great Ones” and other artists were painted in the midst of the Great Depression. This time sought out the need for an artistic language of protest, not only for the African-Americans, but also for many other disenfranchised groups. The sort of language introduced depicted the dialect of social realism, which consisted of works of arts that described the working class, oppressed, and minorities. The idea of social realism contrasted the concept of socialist realism that created communist ideas of propaganda that made it seem as though communism was acceptable. The art that was created exuded the message of communism in an idealistic manner mandated by the socialist
This meant that they wanted to represent their own through the struggles they face in society, the tough economic conditions of their people, and the lack of political representation in government. As a whole, they wanted to express their inner feelings regarding the common goal of fighting oppression and celebrating their love for their cultural heritage. To emulate labor as an issue, Rivera created murals such as “Allegory of California at the pacific Stock Exchange Luncheon Club (1931)” (In the Spirit of Resistance, 33). For the most part the reading, lectures, and murals of Mexican artists allowed African-American artists to stay committed to the depiction of social issues in their work. The workings of the “Three Great Ones” and other artists were painted in the midst of the Great Depression. This time sought out the need for an artistic language of protest, not only for the African-Americans, but also for many other disenfranchised groups. The sort of language introduced depicted the dialect of social realism, which consisted of works of arts that described the working class, oppressed, and minorities. The idea of social realism contrasted the concept of socialist realism that created communist ideas of propaganda that made it seem as though communism was acceptable. The art that was created exuded the message of communism in an idealistic manner mandated by the socialist