Luis Genaro Garcia, Coatlicue's Legacy, 2018
Luis Genaro Garcia, Coatlicue's Legacy, 2018
Luis Genaro Garcia
Coatlicue’s Legacy, 2018
Ed. of 68
22 x 30" - paper size
Coatlicue’s Legacy commemorates the 50-year anniversary of the 1968 student walkouts in Los Angeles. The image shows a graduation procession of significant cultural icons of historically marginalized communities of color. Drawing on the original “Chicano Power” poster of the walkouts and archives from the demonstrations, he modified a newspaper collage to reflect the political realities for people of color in 1968.
Luis-Genaro Garcia is an artist, scholar, and former art teacher in South Central Los Angeles. As an art educator and artist influenced by critical education theory, he draws on on students own cultural and communal knowledge to develop creativity and ways to challenge social and political barriers that exist in their marginalized communities . He is currently an assistant professor of art education at Sacramento State University.