Commemorating the Mexican army’s victory against France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862, Cinco de Ma
Commemorating the Mexican army’s victory against France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862, Cinco de Mayo remains a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, though it has been reinterpreted as a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage in the US. Chicanx activists of the 1960s promoted the holiday in the US to honor the victory of indigenous Mexicans against European imperialists during the Battle of Puebla. Born and raised in California’s San Joaquin Valley, Ester Hernández and her family worked in commercial farming while organizing for the Chicano-led United Farm Workers of America. Evoking Mexican culture’s use of calaveras (skulls), her iconic print Sun Mad subverts the image of abundance and health on Sun-Maid boxes to illuminate pesticides’ negative impact on farmworkers, consumers, and the environment.Join us this Cinco de Mayo for Target First Saturday with Adidas celebrating Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 with a free night of programming centering boundary-pushing Latina/x artists and activists like Hernández, one of the 123 artists in the show.Posted by Carmen HermoEster Hernandez (American, born 1944). Sun Mad, 1982. Serigraph. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Museum Purchase with funds from the Mexican-American Cultural Foundation -- source link
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