Opening reception for "Embodied Aesthetics"

Embodied Aesthetics surveys the visual imaginary created by Chicanas and women of color printmakers at Self Help Graphics from 1980-2010. Beginning in 1965, poster art became an important element of the Chicano Movement allowing for the dissemination of information as well as creating a cultural identity amongst the Chicana/o community. It wasn’t until 1983 that poster art began to enter the mainstream in the form of silkscreens and print art, becoming an accepted form of aesthetic expression. For the Chicano community, printmaking became an intersection where words and images transformed into visual iconographies that depicted social and political statements while the image conveyed experiences of desire and loss. The exhibition consists of twelve prints curated from the Self Help Graphics Atelier Print Collection at the CSRC.

Image: Mary Yanish, Pericardium, 1998

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