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Jesse Treviño
born Monterrey, Mexico 1946
Mi Vida
1971–73
acrylic on drywall, mounted on aluminum
Collection of Inez Cindy Gabriel
Treviño was drafted and served as an infantryman in Vietnam, sustaining serious injuries while on patrol in early 1967. Doctors later amputated his right arm -- the one he had previously used to paint. Painstakingly created with his other hand, Mi Vida marked Treviño's rebirth as an artist. It portrays his postwar life, from his new prosthetic to his daily coffee and pan dulce.Treviño painted Mi Vida in private, on the wall of his bedroom, when he was still struggling with chronic pain and the transition to civilian life. Through its creation, he found a new direction for his art, one explicitly rooted in his personal experiences and perspective as a Chicano |