Gift of the Terrazas Martin Family on behalf of Margaret Terrazas-Santos
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Silkscreen print.
Content description:
Silkscreen poster for the "FIRST ANNUAL SILK SCREEN WORKERS UNION HALL SHOW" image shows a man with a hard hat and vest holding a power pressure machine. Text reads "Arte no es un espejo a la realidad, sino un martillo que lo forma" translation "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Exhibition details follow for event held in San Francisco, California.
Concepts:
art exhibition; Chicano/Mexican-American culture
Places:
San Francisco Bay Area
Organizations:
Royal Chicano Air Force (R.C.A.F.); La Raza Graphic Center; Red Pepper Posters
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