Mi Chicano Corazon - A Rasquachismo Art Study by ED https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh en-us 2025-04-16 15:16:07 UTC 2025-05-05 15:35:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d4.png Mi Chicano Corazon 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3412624121 Sculpture Measurements: 40x20x16in

Materials Used: Glass, resin, & found objects (Car rim)

Museum Website Link: Mi Chicano Corazón - McNay Art Museum


]]> 2025-04-16 15:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3412624121 Rasquachismo Definition 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3422812442 Rasquachismo is a theory developed by Tomas Ybarra-Frausto that is used to describe an art form from the working class of the Chicano community, focusing on their ability to make art with found objects. The word 'rasquachismo' originates from the word 'rasquache', which means second-rate or cheap.

]]> 2025-04-24 05:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3422812442 Eniar & Jamex de la Torre 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425166608 -Eniar & Jamex de la Torre are brothers born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1960 & 1963.

- Moved to the United States in 1972

-Both attended California State University, Long Beach

-Their artwork pays homage to Mexican vernacular arts and pre-Columbian art.

-Have won the USA Artists Fellowship award, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, and The San Diego Art Prize.

-Currently, both brothers live and work on both sides of the border between America and Mexico

]]> 2025-04-25 15:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425166608 Message of Art Piece 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425175777 The art piece is meant to represent the strength and endurance of a person who identifies as Chicano or the Chicano community as a whole.

]]> 2025-04-25 15:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425175777 Symbols 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425178676 Heart

Cactus

Viens

People

Religion

Rasquachismo Use

]]> 2025-04-25 15:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425178676 The Heart & Viens 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425197983 -Represents the heart of a Chicano Person/Chicano Community

-Compared to the Sacred Heart, symbolizes love, healing, & gratitude

-Veins of the heart look like roots, which symbolize stability & resiliency (they hold the heart and help it grow)

- Resiliency within the Chicano community can be seen in the community's history:

  • Chicano Movement

  • Zoot Suit Riots

  • Farm labor organizing led by Cesar Chavez.

  • Student walkout against mistreatment at school


]]> 2025-04-25 15:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3425197983 Cactus 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428214893 -The Nopal Cactus represents resilience & adapatabililty of the Chicano or Latinx community

- The word 'Nopal' comes from the Nahuatl word 'Nochtli'/'Nohpali', meaning prickly pear

-The Nopal is the cactus that is seen on the Mexican flag, showing national pride

-The Nopal cactus helps with heart health

]]> 2025-04-28 15:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428214893 Webpage Key 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428243946 Black - General Information about artwork & artists

Blue - Symbols of artwork

Purple - Fun Facts

]]> 2025-04-28 15:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428243946 People & Religion 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428268047 -Represent the people of the Chicano/Latinx community

-The jewel where the head should be, looks like a halo, showing that catholicism has a big influence on the artwork from the Latinx community

-Yellow outline around bodies looks like a mandorla similar to the one that surrounds the Virgen de Guadalupe.

]]> 2025-04-28 15:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428268047 Rasquachismo Use (Tire Rim) 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428279638 -Rasquachismo is the ability to make art with found objects

-Shown by use of the Tire Rim. It was found and is used as the base for the sculpture.

]]> 2025-04-28 15:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3428279638 Fun Fact 1 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3429295590 -Along with the Chicano Movement, Latin American Art entered the mainstream international art circle in the late 20th century.

]]> 2025-04-29 05:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3429295590 Fun Fact 2 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3431840785 After the Chicano Movement ended, artists within the movement switched from politically based art to conceptual, performance, film, and media-based art. There are "stealthy" pieces in urban spaces.


Pic Link: Boycott Grapes, Support the United Farm Workers Union | Smithsonian American Art Museum

]]> 2025-04-30 15:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3431840785 Fun Fact 3 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3431863169 The La Virgen de Guadaleupe image has been used in many forms of Chicano/Latinx art.

]]> 2025-04-30 15:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3431863169 Bibliography 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3435842056 Black, Charlene Villaseñor. “Founding Artists and the History of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies.” Diálogo, November 1, 2017. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/676044.


McNay Art Museum. “Mi Chicano Corazón - Mcnay Art Museum.” Mi Chicano Corazon, 2025. https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/24927/mi-chicano-corazon.


De La Torre, Einar, and Jamex De La Torre. “About.” Einar & Jamex De la Torre, 2023. https://www.delatorrebrothers.art/about.


Viramontes, Xavier. “Boycott Grapes, Support the United Farm Workers Union.” Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2024. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/boycott-grapes-support-united-farm-workers-union-34738.


]]> 2025-05-05 02:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3435842056 Fun Fact 4 2offivewriter https://padlet.com/2offivewriter/uvbdht2z98js9cfh/wish/3435867502 During the 1960's a Latin Journal called 'Aztlan' influenced the visual art world by bringing Chicano/a art and artists to the general population, bringing change within museums and the academic discipline of art history. This journal is published at UCLA


Project MUSE - Founding Artists and the History of <i>Aztlán:</i> <i>A Journal of Chicano Studies</i>

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