Mary Erickson
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"This book showcases nearly 120 works of Chicana and Chicano art and provides a good representation of the art movement for general readers and students. Created in part as a catalog for the 2004 exhibition of the same name, the book is also designed to serve as a usefule tool for teaching Chicana/o art from the elementary grades through graduate school as well as for the novice adult. Art aficionados will relish the striking full-color images in...
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"Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art" brings into sharp focus the rich diversity of an art movement that is now achieving full recognition in the art community at large. These two volumes encapsulate the lives and careers of nearly two hundred artists -- from such established masters as Luise Jiménez and Yolanda López to emerging new talents Xóchitl Cristina Gil and Vincent Valdez -- and presents representative samples of their work, faithfully...