Chicano Art Publication: Tradition and Transformation: Chicana/o Art from the 1970s through the 1990s ⇒
Goldman, Shifra M., Charlene Villaseñor Black, and Chon A. Noriega. 2015. Tradition and transformation: Chicana/o art from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Pioneering art historian Shifra Goldman brought the study of Chicana/o
and contemporary Latin American art to the notice of art history. She
was determined to correct the stereotypes that had distorted the
critical reception of Chicana/o and Latina/o art since the 1950s. This
collection of essays, edited and introduced by Charlene Villaseñor
Black, not only represents her groundbreaking scholarship but also
reflects her political activism. In these writings Goldman considers
important theoretical issues, including how the Chicano movement
influenced and was influenced by artists in the Southwest and Mexico and
how different artistic visions clashed and interacted. She also
investigates the careers of major Chicana/o artists, discusses specific
series of artworks, and analyzes exhibitions, beginning with the
historic Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, which opened in
Los Angeles in 1990 and then traveled cross-country, closing in
Washington, DC, in 1993. Many of the illustrations have not been widely
reproduced, adding to the importance of this collection.