A particular artist working within the realm of revolutionary art
Last summer I had the great pleasure of presenting on a panel with both Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes at the Socialism Conference in Oakland, and then again with Jesus at the ICON6 Illustration Conference in Pasadena. Our panels were presenting art as resistance. What I appreciate most about their work is inherent to artists' collectives historically speaking: Most of the work is hands-on, and based in a craft tradition; the artists are active within the community they are addressing; the ...
One of the events marking Israeli Apartheid Week: Beirut was the presence of visiting artist Juan Fuentes. Under the auspices of our artists' collective along with the IAW committee, some students and I brought Juan to the Bourj Al-Barajneh Palestinian camp. Juan's work stretching back these past decades is well known for its activist nature, and the Palestinian cause was often a theme of his work. I will be honest and say that there was a lot of tension upon our arrival. I knew where ...
I was doing research on the Taller de Grafica Popular for the class I teach on illustration and came across the work of Elizabeth Catlett, a black American who in 1946 moved permanently to Mexico and to this day works from there. Her career is amazing and her work is prolific; she works in sculpture, painting, and linoleum cut. I was particularly taken by her printmaking, which reflects the lives and work of various historical groups such as sharecroppers, as well as tackling issues such as racism, ...
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