Current Research

The Art of Social Change

 

At Zapatista rally, Xochimilco, Mexico, 2001

 

 

    My current research examines the role of artists and the visual arts in Mexican social movements, such as those highlighted below:

Student Movement Art

Feminist Movement Art

Gay Movement Art

Anonymous Poster from 1968

Maris Bustamante deconstructs Freud in a perfromance from 1982.

"What is it to be gay?" from an installation on homophobia in the Mexico City metro.

 

Zapoteco Movement Art

Zapatista Movement Art

Chicano Movement Art

"Corazaon del Pueblo" by Modesto Bernardo.

Banner from Zapatista rally, Xochimilco, 2001.

"Sun Mad" by Esther Hernandez

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