Wolf Tracks and the Náñez-Woodard Collection of Panamanian Popular Art
In chapter 3 of Wolf Tracks, Peter Szok argues that popular art is heavily influenced by the United States diaspora and the expansion of the city during the mid-twentieth century. During World War II, the United States opened an airfield near the Canal Zone to protect the canal from attacks by the Axis Powers. As a result, thousands of U.S. soldiers entered the Canal Zone, and the incorporation of soldiers into the city caused a second economic boom in Panama. Black artists saw this boom as an opportunity to challenge the mestizaje ideals held during the period of browning, which sought to highlight an ethnic unity and minimize blackness and black culture in society. In chapter 4 of Wolf Tracks, Szok addresses the key characteristics of popular art, including its ties to the community, hybridity, and sense of rhythm. The Náñez-Woodard Collection of Panamanian Popular Art confirms many of the arguments set forth by Wolf Tracks; features like the bold, vibrant colors utilized by the artists and the popular culture influences stand out in the photos. However, the photo collection also complicates a key factor expressed in Wolf Tracks; one does not experience or participate in audience interaction when analyzing the photos of the art alone.
Black Panamanian artists used various forms of public art to contest ethnic mixing and showcase their black culture. According to Wolf Tracks, the U.S. soldiers stationed
The portrayal and the representation of the Chicano Art Movements are entrenched by the Mexican-American artist who institute artistic personalities and identities in the United States. The plenteous amount of the artist is massively influenced by the immense Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which, was established in the 1960’s. The influence of Chicano Art was due to the Mexican- Revolution philosophy, art of Pre-Columbia and indubitably European techniques of painting, cultural, social, political issues. The movement took a stand to fight against stereotypes of Mexican- Americans conducive and to resist typical social norms. The movement to concentrate on awareness of collective history, equal opportunity, grants and social mobility. Chicanos have used the movement in pursuit of expressing their cultural values. Ever since it first appeared in America the art of Chicanos has matured to illustrate common struggle and social issues in conjunction with uniting the youth of the Chicano people to their culture and history. Chicano Art is not only Mexican- American artwork; it further emphasizes and accentuates the histories of the Chicano people in a superb and sublime way of American art.
Within a painting, the watercolors and each discrete stroke of the brush gives each element a diverse connotation. The Parade By Abraham Rattner, was painted in 1969 to illustrate the protests of the Vietnam war that the United States was involved in.This exceptional piece of art work exhibits the warm colors of the crowd and the fiery blazes colored across the skies, highlighting the widespread conflicts the nation had against this horrendous battle. During this time, individuals were protesting against the government’s actions in order to conserve tranquility. This painting captures the scenery that had taken place during these frightful days of war and the disputes happening internationally.
In the article Saving America’s Wolves, by Kristin Lewis, the author uses second person point of view and this choice has an affect on the reader. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a wolf? Today, wolves around the country face many dangers today. Throughout history and folklore, wolves have been depicted as being dangerous predators that come after humans, but that is far from the truth. In fact, humans today are more of a danger to them as they are to us!
The Black Arts movement refers to a period of “furious flowering” of African American creativity beginning in the mid-1960’s and continuing through much of the 1970’s (Perceptions of Black). Linked both chronologically and ideologically with the Black Power Movement, The BAM recognized the idea of two cultural Americas: one black and one white. The BAM pressed for the creation of a distinctive Black Aesthetic in which black artists created for black audiences. The movement saw artistic production as the key to revising Black American’s perceptions of themselves, thus the Black Aesthetic was believed to be an integral component of the economic, political, and cultural empowerment of the Black
However, because of the stereotype that illustrated pachucos as criminals and monsters, pachucos were treated unjustly and were regarded as the enemy of America. For some historical context, durring the Great Depression, the search for jobs was difficult, especially in Los Angeles (Chiodo 1). Los Angeles had locals, people from the Midwest, African Americans, and Mexicans all searching for jobs (Chiodo 1). This caused the white Americans to blame the economic condition on the Mexicans (Chiodo 1). After the Japanese in Los Angeles had been taken to internment camps, Mexicans because the largest Minority in Los Angeles (Chiodo 1). However their youth did not want to stay in their neighborhood, instead they went to dances and clubs in predominantly white areas of the town (Chiodo 1). These young people called themselves pachucos and wore zoot suits (Chiodo 1). Military servicemen and white American citizens saw these outfits as un-American because they used a lot of material when it was being rationed for the war effort (Daniels 101). Furthermore according to an article from Social Studies “the local press had been promoting fear by asserting that a “Mexican crime wave” had hit the city and zoot-suiters and gangsters were one and the same” (Chiodo 1). Because of these factors, Henry Reyna knew that the Pachucos were looked down on in society, as a
During the 1940’s, wolves were exterminated from Colorado and few have come back since. As a result the ecosystem that we have in Colorado is somewhat skewed due to the absence of them. Many people think that wolves are a nuisance and would get in the way of the agricultural style that colorado has. However, wolves are considered a keystone species which means their “presence would reinvigorate the natural order” (clifford). For this reason wolves should be reintroduced into montezuma county. The reintroduction would greatly benefit and restore the balance of our ecosystem.
An artist's job is to interpret, and express the aspects of life in a creative fashion. War has played a big part in shaping our human history, and many artists have portrayed their feelings about art through paintings, and even monuments. Whether it be to show; the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat, or to educate the public on the gory realities of war. Art about war can also show us a great amount of history of the kinds of weapons that were used at the time. It is necessary for artists to interpret, and criticize all aspects of life; even ones as tragic as war, It can make the public more aware of what goes on in times of war.
Jacob Lawrence, an African American artist, produces two best-known collections like the Migration Series and War Series. Showing in the website, fourteen over sixteen panels are the War Series. Jacob’s War Series described his experiences that he joined the gallery during World War II. Jacob Lawrence painted the War Series when he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Drawing the outline of an object and filling in some uniform color, he was exposing the signified of situation and people’s feeling. War Series: The Letter is an art works I like the best. The picture shows a letter on a black table and a man who presses the black table by his hands. The man is lower his head. I can feel that after he reads the letter, he is very sad. Perhaps,
The intersection of social movements and Art is one that can be observed throughout the civil right movements of America in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. The sixties in America saw a substantial cultural and social change through activism against the Vietnam war, women’s right and against the segregation of the African - American communities. Art became a prominent method of activism to advocate the civil rights movement. It was a way to express self-identity as well as the struggle that people went through and by means of visual imagery a way to show political ideals and forms of resistance. To examine how a specific movement can have a profound effects on the visual art, this essay will focus on the black art movement of the 1960s and
Rick Bass the author of, The Ninemile Wolves, has written this book about the wolve’s
The idea of the Chicano community muralism as a requirement for the “art of place” shows that the practice is specific to an area. Even though they are understood in the context of the history of a location, they rarely remain to be a still symbol of a certain moment or a place in the record of events from the past.
Frank Romero’s Chicano art served as a point of communication that illustrated the role of Chicano culture in Los Angeles, and also drew attention to the social and political implications that manifested on the behalf of the rise of this cultural perspective. Throughout his career, he produced works such as “the police brutality series” which drew attention to political issues, and works like “Going to the Olympics” and “History of the Chicano,” which illustrated the beauty and pride of Chicanos in LA. Moreso, the paintings “La Llorona” and “El Teatro Campesino” displayed the origins of chicanismo and the cultural affiliations that originated in Latin America.
Hispanic art, food, and entertainment all have a common theme; they are all fun, light-hearted, yet fulfilling and rich in cultural heritage. On one side, Mexican culture in particular loves to make fun of itself. There are many depictions in song and art of lazy Mexicans in large sombreros with thick mustaches eating burritos. On the other hand artists like Diego Rivera paint large murals depicting rich historical events like the revolution, in bold colors on controversial topics (This Old, n.d.).
Bright colors jumping at you asking for attention, images so real viewers can not tell the difference. These are the thoughts that came to my head as I gazed at two works of art by two Mexican artists at MoLAA museum of art . I visited two museums, Bowers Museum of cultural Art in the heart of Southern California and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach for my report unfortunately I only liked the works in MoLAA and will talk about it through out my paper. I will talk about two Mexican artists Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye, and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography “no
This book, truly stimulating and electrifying, takes place in the mysterious and little town of Wolf Hollow. The centre of attention and the main attraction in this book is indeed the main character Cameron Weaver. A few other subjects of attention include Cameron's Mother and her Lover boy! Aka C.B., or cowboy boots to Cameron, but really Ken! Although these three persona's are the principal figures in the book, there must always be a bad guy, and that guy is Cameron's, supposed to be forgotten, yet always in mind, father. Cameron and his clingy Mother are always on the run from the horrific situation. Although, one thing is for sure, Cameron is not to call or be in contact with his father. Cameron and his mother are once again are forced