Title:
The Grape Boycott
Creator/Contributor:
Torres, Salvador, Artist
Date:
1972
Subject:
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
watercolors
San Diego (Calif.)
Note:
Images from top down: A bunch of grapes between two "four directions" symbols, orange huelga eagle, three radiant red circles,
and a striped animal of some sort. Everything is abstracted, and entire work is framed by a border. "The grape boycott by
Cesar Chavez begins a series of pickets and demonstrations in San Diego, California. These pickets and demonstrations inspire
Salvador Torres to create a series of "Huelga" (Strike) images, that Salvador Torres uses to express the times of the capture
of the Ford Building in Balboa Park, Chicano Park, and the Neighborhood house in San Diego, California. The struggle for
Human Rights sparks the Civil Rights movements of the Black & Chicano causa are the nucleuses for Salvador Torres expressive
works in contrast to the "Minimal Art", "Earthworks", "Conceptual & POP Art". The struggle for the survival of Logan Heights,
Barrio Logan disastrous impact by the San Diego Bay Bridge & the construction of I-5 freeway was the tyranny Salvador Torres
violently opposed. See attachment of San Diego Union 4/24/70." Salvador Torres
The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of
California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other
reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not
to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses,
a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No
further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission
to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Salvador Roberto Torres c/o California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Library
– CEMA, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106 Phone: (805) 893-8563 E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu
Type:
35mm slide
Painting
Language:
English
Identifier:
CEMA 38
Copyright Note:
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright
owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Owner: Consult repository for copyright holder information
Copyright Contact:
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563