Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art

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"The Angel Spaz"      oil on panel       by David Rosales      
One of my paintings in this Chicano Art Book

This book is published by

Bilingual Review/Press Hispanic Research Center

Arizona State University P.O. Box 872702 Tempe AZ 85287-2702

The result of years of careful preparation, this two-volume work of art
covers the artistic production and biographies of nearly 200
individual artists from across the United States as well as Chicano/a
artists residing in Mexico and elsewhere. This unique work will be
published both as a full-color, coffee-table-quality set of books,
produced to exacting standards, and electronically, with its own
separate Web site that will provide bibliography, indexing, artists’
statements, new works by the included artists, and other information
that will be continually updated. Produced with the support of the
Center for Latino Initiatives of The Smithsonian Institution, the
Inter-University Program for Latino Research, and numerous art
organizations around the nation, this book represents a major
advance in the national and international understanding,
appreciation, and dissemination of Chicana/o art.

“Chicana and Chicano art merits considerable attention because of
its growing role and presence in America. Aside from its rich,
colorful boldness, this art 'speaks' visually of history, conditions,
feelings, and the life experiences of a wonderful population and
culture.”
—Refugio Rochín, Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives,The
Smithsonian Institution

“Chicana and Chicano artists have developed a visual vocabulary
based on longstanding interest in community life. This book, the
most comprehensive and lavish that has been conceived, advances
the goals and accomplishments of Chicana and Chicano artists to a
new level of sophistication and significance.”
—Gilberto Cárdenas, Executive Director, Inter-University Program
for Latino Research