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Richard Duardo
born Los Angeles, California 1952;
died Los Angeles, California 2014
Aztlan
1982
screenprint on paper
Aztlan is the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, believed to have been located in what is now the southwestern United States. Chicanos embraced the term to assert their ancestral connection to U.S. western lands such as California and Arizona. On top of a dynamic background of abstract shapes and lines, the artist spells Aztlan using lettering that invokes vintage lowrider cars or urban graffiti. Through text and design, Duardo emphasizes a continuous Chicano presence in North America since before the Conquest until the present.
Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2020.23 |