Existing comment:
Rupert García
born French Camp, California 1941
Right On!
1968
screenprint on paper
After serving in the U.S. military in Southeast Asia, García became a pivotal figure in the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of Chicano, African American, Asian American, and Native students who held a strike in 1968 to demand ethnic studies programs at San Francisco State College. García created this poster during that protest. To capture the solidarity among the students, he combined the likeness of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a Cuban Revolution icon who became a global symbol of political resistance, with the popular Black Power slogan, "Right On!" This print reflects the artist's signature graphic style of pop art sensibilities and forthright political statements. García sold this poster to raise funds for the student bail fund.
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.42.3 |