Alma Lopez is a visual and public Chicana artist who was born in Mexico and raised in Los Angeles‚ California. Lopez received her Bachelors degree in fine arts from the University of California‚ Santa Barbara in 1988 and her Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of California‚ Irvine in 1996. Her work is based on a mixture of paintings‚ murals‚ prints‚ digital‚ installations and graphic prints. Alma Lopez incorporates the historical and cultural Mexican figures‚ such as the Virgin of Guadalupe
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1943This is yet another self-portrait in which Frida includes her pet monkeys. This painting was produced during her most prolific period‚ the early 1940s‚ in which she created several self-portraits. The background is one of tropical plants which is a common background theme used in many of her paintings.In this self-portrait Frida may be portraying herself in an academic setting. In the year this self-portrait was painted‚ Frida accepted a teaching position at the School of Painting and Sculpture
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José Parlá José Parlá is a modern contemporary artist born in 1973 Miami‚ Florida. Parlá began painting in 1983 and by 1988 he was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design’s scholarship program. He used this experience to extend his art making by combining concepts he already knew as a self taught artist and concepts he learnt from the Savannah College. Parlá’s works are huge canvases (usually 4x6ft) painted in a way that makes you wonder what it is that lurks under all the layers
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The mural "Going to the Olympics‚1984" by Frank Romero was created along the Hollywood downtown in conjunction with the 1984 Olympics. In his work‚ we notice the vibrant colors he utilizes to express the Latino and Chicano culture. We also observe the palm trees that are a very popular representation of L.A. The hearts above the car not only reveal the adoration people have for their cars but for the status it gives them. On the horizon there appeared to be five images them being the flying iron
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Art Research In 1931 renowned artist Diego Rivera painted a mural of Agrarian Leader Zapata and his compresinos or peasant workers who followed him. The original mural is in the Cortes Palace in Cuernavaca‚ Mexico. It is still admired to this day. In 1931 he painted a “portable copy” of this larger mural for exhibition in the United States of America. This is a very unique fresco painting‚ being that it is portable. Fresco is the art or technique of painting on a moist plaster surface
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Controller of the Universe‚ created by Diego Rivera in 1934. It was a remake of a piece he did for the Rockefellers to be viewed in their RCA building. The original piece was called Man at the Crossroads. It clearly showed that the artist favored communism over capitalism‚ which caused controversy. It also had Lenin holding together the hands of people of various race. This is also thought to be at the heart of the controversy. Although Nelson Rockefeller paid Rivera in full for his work‚ he later covered
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Olga Rivera is not just an ordinary mom. She is a hero because she is known as a nurse to a middle son with a hearing loss‚ a third son with a mental condition called Cerebral Palsy‚ and the oldest is an asthmatic son. She takes the complete a total control of her house as a home office manager that takes care of her domicile in an efficient and orderly manner. Olga Rivera said‚ “I struggle every day to plan something for my three sons to able to get through the whole day. I love my three very own
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Hilson Rivera Ela 3 Mr. Graves November 13‚ 2014 A Mystery of Heroism What does it mean to be a hero? Does it mean that the person have to have super human abilities‚ and in return‚ be a hero? In "A Mystery of Heroism‚ by Stephen Crane‚ this question is explored. In this story‚ we read about Fred Collins‚ who is a union solider in the Civil War. He is a simple man who is shameful‚ childish‚ and who is thrown into a war that has no place for him. During the course of the story‚ Collins yearns
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Diego Maradona: One of Soccer’s Greatest Players “Every morning that I get up‚ I should light a candle to the soccer ball.” -Diego Maradona Soccer is the most popular sport in the world‚ and one of the most popular soccer player’s in the world is Diego Maradona‚ star of the Argentina national team and a professional who has led his team to many championships in Argentina
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MY ESSAY It could be argued that some of the issues explored in Diego‚ run are not specific to the Bolivian population‚ but to all people in all circumstances. Discuss the relevance of the issues explored in Diego‚ Run! To people in Australia today. The novel Diego‚ Run! By Debora Ellis’ explores what life in a third world country is like and how it could be anywhere in the world. She shows us what poverty‚ child labour and the drug trade can be like; she also shows how all three of these major
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