Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This is an essay by independent scholar Max Benavídez in which he considers the impact of what he calls the “internal exile and displacement,” and decades of social marginalization on the self-identification of many Chicanos. He explores the [...]

In this document, scholar and curator Chon Noriega uses the model of identity articulated by José Martí in order to construct a more accurate understanding of U.S. Latino cultural expression and, more specifically, Latino installation art. He [...]

This essay by Armando Rascón was included in the catalogue of the exhibition Xicano Progeny, curated by Rascón and held at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, CA in 1995. According to the author, one of the main objectives of Xicano Progeny was to [...]

In this essay, Harry Gamboa, Jr. profiles the Chicano artist collective, ASCO, to which he belonged. He highlights Walking Mural (1972) as the performance that first introduced the group to the Chicano community. He describes how ASCO followed this [...]

This essay by Armando Rascón was included in the catalogue of the exhibition, Xicano Progeny, curated by him and held at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, California, in 1995. According to Rascón, one of the main objectives of Xicano Progeny was [...]