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JOSÉ
MONTOYA was born in 1932 on the ranch El Gallego, near Escoboza,
New Mexico. His work helped lay a foundation for contemporary Chicano
artistic iconography and practice. Montoya cofounded the Rebel Chicano
Art Front (later known as the Royal Chicano Air Force), an artists’
collective internationally recognized for its mural and poster work, and
for its synthesis of creative expression and community activism. Montoya’s
own work depicts everyday barrio life and urban types through visual art,
poetry, and song lyrics. His portraits and poems on the pachuco connect
the sensibilities of Chicano and Beat vernacular expression. Writer:
Raul Homero Villa is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies
at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He is |
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