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[Nicolás González-Medina political prints and other artworks]Creator/Contributor:
González-Medina, Nicolás, creator, artist.Abstract:
Woodblock prints and other artworks pertaining to political issues such as immigration, Dreamers (DACA recipients), anti-racism,
anti-colonialism and the Black Lives Matter movement. Includes a 2-part hand-painted shield (forming a single image) used
in BLM demonstrations of 2020. One side of shield depicts a black woman with extended hand, from which grows a plant, a banner
held by black acivists with text "Las vidas negras importan", and a cityscape of Oakland, Calif. in background; the other
side is decorated with a collage of multiple copies of a print depicting a masked demonstrator, with text "Juntxs lucha".
Other works feature prominent text usually combined with faces and various Mexican and indigenous design motifs.
Date:
2018 (issued)Contents:
1. Can I live / undated -- 2. Migrantes : from Palestine to Tijuana, sin nada que perder / 2018 -- 3. Chinga la Migra (with
cactus) / undated -- 4. Chinga la migra (face) / 2019 -- 5. We are the new ancestors / 2020 -- 6. Decolonize : stop letting
white people decide our future / 2020 -- 7. Black Lives Matter shield (left half) / 2020 -- 8. Black Lives Matter shield (right
half) / 2020 -- 9. Chinga la migra : fuck your borders / 2020 -- 10. Defend DACA / 2020 -- 11. Dreamers have courage / 2019
-- 12. We are the seeds of our ancestors / 2021 -- 13. I am my ancestors wildest dreams / undated -- 14. Watch over our street
vendors / 2021 -- 15. Protect & defend our elders #stopasianhate / 2021 -- 16. To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were
not true--Bayard Rustin / 2021 -- 17. Plant the seeds of your future / 2022 -- 18. La migra, la política, la misma porquería
/ undated
Subject:
n-us-caEmigration and immigration -- 21st century -- Pictorial works
Immigrants -- United States -- 21st century -- Pictorial works
Black lives matter movement -- California -- Oakland -- Pictorial works
Anti-racism -- 21st century
Shields -- Specimens
Émigration et immigration -- 21e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés
Mouvement Black Lives Matter -- Californie -- Oakland -- Ouvrages illustrés
Antiracisme -- 21e siècle
Boucliers -- Spécimens
Anti-racism
Black lives matter movement
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Shields
California -- Oakland
United States
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
All works signed by the artist.
Purchase ; from Nicolás González-Medina ; 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Oakland-based artist and activist (self-described "artivist"); born in Guanajuato, Mexico; immigrated to United States, settling
in Chicago at age 5; moved to California in 2013.
Nicolás González-Medina political prints and other artworks, BANC PIC 2021.001, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicpaintings (visual works)
Paintings.
Pictorial works.
Specimens.
Woodcuts.
Woodcuts.
Paintings.
Peintures.
Physical Description:
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18 items in 6 folders and 1 box : chiefly woodblock prints ; sheets various sizes
Language:
mul