Object Details
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Exhibition Label
- During the civil rights era, artists often used whatever materials they had at hand to craft public messages about pressing concerns. Here an unidentified artist emblazons a pro-labor message on recycled computer paper, calling for the boycott of Gallo Wines. Activists on college campuses were especially known for using this unconventional paper for their printmaking. The artist depicts a revolting rat, a symbol of nonunion workers who cross the picket line.
- ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, 2020
- Exhibition Label in Spanish
- En la época de los derechos civiles, a menudo los artistas utilizaban cualquier material que tuviesen a mano para elaborar mensajes públicos acerca de temas urgentes. Aquí, un artista no identificado escribe un mensaje en pro de los trabajadores sobre papel de impresora reciclado, para hacer un llamado por el boicot de la empresa Gallo Wines. Los activistas de los recintos universitarios eran especialmente conocidos por utilizar este tipo de papel no convencional para sus grabados. El artista ilustra una rata repugnante, un símbolo de los trabajadores no miembros del sindicato que cruzan las líneas de piquetes.
- ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, 2020
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection
- ca. 1973
- Object number
- 2019.52.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Graphic Arts-Print
- Medium
- screenprint on computer tractor paper
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 22 × 14 1/8 in. (55.9 × 35.9 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\rat
- Allegory\civic\rebellion
- Object\foodstuff\wine
- Record ID
- saam_2019.52.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76a6e1dba-de18-4fd2-8af1-3123622bce5d
