Art - A Product of Its Context
Introduction
Exploring by visual means is a versatile process of collecting facts about the world. The context from which one does so and their personal factors influence such a dynamic exploration process. Art and context are inseparable. The meaning is derived from the information that accompanies a piece of art. Thus far, aspects such s the title of a piece of art, the authenticity and historical facts also add to the meaning. The mentioned factors determine one’s evaluation of a piece of art and their sensitivity to the same (Brieber).
Sun mad – 1981 by Ester Hernandez
Figure 1. Sun Mad (1982) (Adopted from Bain, 28-29.)
The skeleton of Hernandez demonstrates the deadly effects of pesticides while strongly locating the text in the Mexican traditional making of print that dates back to the day of Jose’ Posada. The skull signifies a Mexican society that is portrayed satirically at the close of the 19th C. A lot of the Mexican artists have borrowed heavily from Posada’s work. The work has increasingly become the signature image connected with the Day of the Dead occasion marked across the globe (Bain, 28-29).
The sun Mad is strongly connected with the life of Hernandez. He is a native of Dinuba in the Californian rural, and born in 1944. Hernandez was born in the day of the Great Depression in the world. His parents are immigrants from Mexico to California. They came to the US to work on grape farms (Bain, 28-29). She changed her interests to the visual arts in the course of her studies. She worked closely with Chicano artists that were emerging. She moved on to work with the team of female artists referred to as Mujeras Muralistas. They developed murals in large scale. They sought to portray the life of the ordinary Mexican in the Mission District of San Francisco.
The Mexican Americans also sought to push for political and social change following the activities of the civil rights groups in the 50s and the 60s. Such injustices as restrictions on voting, skewed labor practices and discrimination in housing were among the common problems that Mexican Americans...
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