Viva La Mujer
Date
2018
Credits
- Melanie Cervantes Printmaker
- Jesus Barraza Printmaker
Format
- Poster 1993
Type of Work
- Finished work 5562
Media
- silk-screen 100
Techniques
- silk-screen 27
Dimensions
18 × 24 in
Locations Made
- United States 899
- California 257
“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