YOLANDA LÓPEZ

YOLANDA LÓPEZ was born in San Diego, California, in 1942. As a visual artist, she is best known for her Virgin of Guadalupe series, which re-envisioned the iconic image in both personal and political terms. Classically trained as a painter, her work has expanded into installation, video and slide presentations that illustrate Mexican stereotypes and play with notions of Mexican kitsch. López has taught studio classes and has lectured on Chicano art at the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego.

Writer: Karen Mary Davalos is Associate Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. She is the coeditor of Chicana/Latina Studies, the flagship journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social. Her current research addresses museum culture in Chicano Los Angeles.