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Installation view of "All the Signs are (T)Here: Social Iconography in Mexican and Chicano Art …
All the Signs are (T)Here: Social Iconography in Mexican and Chicano Art from Collections at UT at Austin
Installation view of "All the Signs are (T)Here: Social Iconography in Mexican and Chicano Art …
Installation view of "All the Signs are (T)Here: Social Iconography in Mexican and Chicano Art from Collections at UT at Austin," Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, April 25, 2015–August 9, 2015.

All the Signs are (T)Here: Social Iconography in Mexican and Chicano Art from Collections at UT at Austin

Saturday, April 25, 2015 - Sunday, August 9, 2015
This exhibition explores dialogues between Mexico and the Chicano United States—populations whose artistic production is often exhibited separately despite shared social and cultural circumstances. From mural movements to print workshops, Mexican and Chicano art is known for its emphasis on legible graphic communication as well as its social and political aims. The artists featured here playfully rework the tropes of this legacy by incorporating the signage that directs everyday life and the graphic elements of color, shape, and composition to explore complex social issues as well as formal pursuits. These works deal with transformative historical moments ranging from the post-revolutionary reforms of 1920s Mexico and the undeclared guerra sucia (dirty war) there in the 1960s and 1970s to the more recent workers’ rights and undocumented queer youth movements in the United States.

Esta exposición explora el diálogo entre México y los EE.UU. chicano—poblaciones cuya producción artística se exhibe a menudo por separado a pesar de circunstancias compartidas. De movimientos muralistas a los talleres de imprenta, el arte mexicano y chicano se conoce por su énfasis en la comunicación gráfica legible así como sus objetivos sociales y políticos. Los artistas de la exposición reelaboran, de manera juguetona, los géneros de este legado mediante la incorporación de la señalización que dirige la vida cotidiana y los elementos gráficos de color, forma y composición para explorar temas sociales complejos, así como intereses formales. Las obras expuestas reflejan momentos históricos que van desde las reformas de los 1920s posteriores a la revolución mexicana y la Guerra Sucia de los 1960s y 1970s en México hasta los movimientos del derecho del trabajador y los movimientos de jóvenes cuir indocumentados en los Estados Unidos.