Yolanda M. López
By: Karen Mary Davalos.
Contributors: University of California, Los Angeles. Chicano Studies Research Center.
Series: A ver--revisioning art history -- v. 2
Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press; Chicano Studies Research Center
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780895511034; 9780895511102
Subjects: Lopez, Yolanda M., -- 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation; Mexican American women artists
Description: "Chicana artist Yolanda López achieved international recognition for her groundbreaking and controversial Virgin of Guadalupe series of paintings (1975-78) in which she transformed the beloved icon in order to celebrate and sanctify ordinary Mexican and Mexican American women as hardworking, assertive, and vibrant. Born in San Diego, California, López formally trained as a painter but has since expanded into a variety of media, including installation, video, and slide presentations. López is unwavering in her commitment to representing the experiences of Mexican American women in the United States, confronting stereotypes about Latin Americans and challenging U.S. immigration policy."--Amazon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From la frontera: family and courage in San Diego; title: In the trenches: development of a political artist; title: Finding a language: deconstruction, semiotics, and social change; title: Guadalupe as feminist proposal; title: Collecting and exhibiting Mexicana as disidentification.