Viva La Mujer
Date
2018
Credits
- Melanie Cervantes Printmaker
- Jesus Barraza Printmaker
Format
- Poster 1711
Type of Work
- Finished work 5485
Media
- silk-screen 92
Techniques
- silk-screen 24
Dimensions
18 × 24 in
Locations Made
- United States 770
- California 241
“This collaboration mixes Melanie Cervantes’ portrait of a Xicana drawn a few years ago with a pattern Jesus Barraza pieced together from an ancient Olmec stone stamp created approximately 3,000 years ago. This mix of ancient and new brings together printmakers across generations. The stamp pattern used was one of many that were created to print on fabric and paper and to express the cosmology of the Olmecs. These elements are combined with the feminist declaration “Viva La Mujer” which affirms the duo’s belief that sisters must be at the center and at the forefront of transformational social change.” (Dignidad Rebelde)
Viva La Mujer Poster