Ruben C. Cordova writes about the prolific career and artistic practice of artist José Esquivel.
Mel Casas
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Top Five: July 30, 2020. Our Favorite Texas-Flavored Contemporary Artworks
by Glasstireby GlasstireChristopher Blay and Christina Rees run down some of their favorite artworks that could only be made by Texans in Texas.
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Treviño’s determination to become a Chicano artist was born in Vietnam. 'Mi Vida' is a phantasmatic painting, haunted by memories and premonitions of injury and death, of battles lost and battles won, both past and future.
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In addition to being a prolific and respected artist in his own right, Casas is known as one of the co-founders of the Chicano art group Con Safo, which was dedicated to promoting Chicano art and culture at a time when it was largely ignored by mainstream venues.
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Casas' work is an expansive and fluid vision — an enduring aesthetic of Chicano art while challenging what exactly that meant when Casas was alive, and what it could be going forward.
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Since the early 1980s, the San Antonio native has made highly eccentric painted reliefs, sculptures, and installations featuring loony, childlike imagery that’s often cleverly encoded with biting social commentary.
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On his website and business card, San Antonio native Rolando Briseño lists his profession as "Cultural Adjustor and Public Artist."
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Come visit us this week at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston and get some FREE sunglasses! 1. Texas Contemporary George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston) October 1 –…
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After a two-year battle with cancer, artist Melesio “Mel” Casas died at home on Sunday. Grace Casas, his wife of 35 years, told the San Antonio Express-News that he was…