Title:
Mujer Cósmica/Cosmic Woman
Creator/Contributor:
Villa, Esteban, Artist
Date:
1975
Subject:
Chicanas
Chicano art
Chicano Movement
Chicanos
Communism
Crosses in art
Doves in art
Love in art
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
mural paintings
murals (any medium)
nudes
Aztlán
Owls in art
Poetry
Politics in art
Royal Chicano Air Force
Symbolism
Revolutionaries
Vietnam
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 United States
Women
San Diego (Calif.)
Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967
Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973
H`ô, Chí Minh, 1890-1969
Note:
Acrylic paint on concrete freeway support pillar, Chicano Park, San Diego. Mural depicts a woman with words and symbols on
her body, many pertaining to the Chicano Movement and other movements wordwide resistant to U.S./capitalist exploitation.
A poem on the side panel is entitled "C/S" and reads, "Mírame con esos ojos porque te quiero besar la cara... Dime que sí
con esa mirada porque quisiera que me amaras."
Cat.8 013(14)
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Type:
35mm slide
Murals
Language:
English
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 8
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