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CH S 111 THE CHICANA/O AND THE ARTS (Updated: February 14, 2016)

Instructor: Harry Gamboa Jr.

Contact: [email protected]

CSUN

Spring 2016

PROJECT 1 (total points possible 100)

Due Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 Homework must be submitted on due date

(Homework score will be reduced by 35 points if not submitted on due date).

Description:

This project involves the utilization of urban space for the creation and exhibition of public art by Chicano and Mexican Artists.

There is a sufficient period of time by which to visit all sites listed below as well as to complete assigned writing that must be submitted on due date.

All students are required to utilize Metro Rail System in order to visit the Metro Public Art sites listed here.

Get complete route information from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO): 323-GO-METRO (323-466-3876), or use the METRO Trip Planner at www.metro.net. Metro buses require exact change.

Metro Rail Map http://media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/metro_metrolink_map.pdf

If you are not already in possession of a TAP CARD, each student will be needing to purchase one ($1.00 each) at ticket machines located at any Metro Rail Station. Please take a look at fare structure as it would most likely be convenient for each student add a DAY PASS fare to the TAP CARD ($7.00). Total required will be $8.00 for single day use.

You must TAP your card to the TAP CARD receptacle for each and every ride as strict enforcement of this rule is carried out by L.A. County Sheriff Deputies on duty at many stations or aboard trains. Be certain that the TAP CARD remains in your possession throughout your trip.

It is important to recognize that you will be in a public space. Follow all rules and obey all laws.

You are required go view the following works by Chicano Artists at the eight (8) Metro Stations along several train routes.

METRO PURPLE LINE

1. Wilshire/Normandie Station (Purple Line) Frank Romero. Festival of Masks, 1996

2. 7th St./Metro Center (Red and Purple Lines) Robert Gil de Montes, Heaven to Earth, 1993

METRO RED LINE

3. Hollywood/Vine (Red Line) Gilbert Lujan, "Hooray for Hollywood", 1999 + sculptures of the Brown Derby, a limousine, and a Chinese pagoda at the plaza in the early 2000s. Also, Car-shaped seats, interior of station.

4. Universal Studios (Red Line) Harry Gamboa Jr., Vidrio, 2014

METRO EXPO LINE

5. La Brea (Expo Line) Jose Lozano, La Metro Loteria, 2012.

METRO GOLD LINE

6. Indiana Station (Gold Line) Paul Botello, Syncretic Manifestations, 2009.

7. Southwest Museum (Gold Line) Teddy Sandoval (artist) and Paul Polubinskas (ceramicist), Highland Park Gateway, 2003.

8. Memorial Park (Gold Line) John Valadez, The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story

Also, each student must visit (use of public transit or personal automobile optional):

America Tropical Interpretive Center Free Admission Tuesday - Sunday 
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 125 Paseo de La Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012 (located in Olvera Street area)

At the ATI Center, you must go to the 1 st level to view the interpretive black & white OPENING

NIGHT mural by Barbara Carrasco, John Valadez, and Abel Gutierrez.

also

At the ATI Center, you must go to 2 nd

level to view the AMERICA TROPICAL mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros.

Also, each student must read all of the following online reading materials for this assignment:

Oral history interview with John Valadez SI Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-john-valadez-13565

Oral history interview with Barbara Carrasco, 1999 SI Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-barbara-carrasco-5447

David Alfaro Siqueiros http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alfaro_Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros’ mural offers glimpse of old Los Angeles http://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/Uncovered-David-Alfaro-Siqueiros-mural-offers- 5609478.php

Covert FBI war against Americans leaves dark memories RT http://rt.com/usa/cointelpro-fbi-usa-war

Top 10 Disappearances: Oscar Zeta Acosta Time http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1846670_1846800_1846911,00.ht ml

Death of Rubén Salazar,1986 Smithsonian American Art Museum http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=33584

Pioneer LA Chicano artist Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan dies at 70 http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/07/26/27873/pioneer-chicano-artist-gilbert-lujan-dead-71/

Teddy Sandoval Artwork on Display in Honor of World Aids Day at The Williams College Museum of Art http://wcma.williams.edu/press/teddy-sandoval-artwork-on-display-in-honor-of-world-aids-day-at- the-williams-college-museum-of-art

Jorge Ramos Confronts Joe Arpaio Over Racial Profiling ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/jorge-ramos-confronts-joe-arpaio-racial-profiling- video/story?id=20465245

At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142- million.html?_r=0

Artist who nailed scrotum to Red Square is charged with hooliganism The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/15/artist-scrotum-red-square-charged-hooliganism- petr-pavlensky

Warhol car crash painting pops artist's sale record The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/14/warhol-painting-pops-artists-sale-record

Selfie is Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/19/selfie-word-of-the-year-oed-olinguito-twerk

The people’s panopticon

The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21589863-it-getting-ever-easier-record-anything-or- everything-you-see-opens

Prior to writing the four (4) page MLA styled essay (+ title page), consider the following:

How do the works created by Chicano and Mexican artists relate to their interpretation of social space, visual space, and or use of cultural space?

Describe the various works. Utilize your assigned books to gather ideas pertaining to Modernism and Post-Modernism when providing your descriptions:

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction [Paperback] Christopher Butler Oxford University Press

Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction [Paperback] Christopher Butler Oxford University Press

Chicano Art Inside/Outside the Master's House: Cultural Politics and the CARA Exhibition by Alicia Gaspar de Alba University of Texas Press

Contemporary Chican@ Art: Color and Culture for a New America Paperback by George Vargas University of Texas Press

In your understanding of space, what are the works of these artists providing you with a new view of your relation to personal and public space?

Take into consideration the instructor’s lectures regarding Chicana Arts, space, surveillance, the economy, and social/political/environmental concerns.

Take into consideration the online readings and videos presented here as well as those that have been presented to you during the entire semester.

Be certain to utilize many of your new vocabulary words when writing the essay.

Take into consideration the need to think deeply when providing an intellectually effective response in the form of your essay.

A space may be defined as a physical, social, cultural, and/or personal space that affects your right to privacy, as well as the space in which you learn and express yourself, or where you work and where you go to reflect and think.

The essay must be typed using either Helvetica or Times New Roman fonts, point size 12, double-spaced. Do not include any graphics, drawings, photographs, charts, or sketches. Use only white paper. Use only black ink. Prior to submitting the essay, be certain to place staple on upper left corner (the title page must appear on top of the five-page essay).

Also

Take two selfies while out in the field for this essay:

Selfie #1 in front of any of the listed artworks at a Metro Rail Station

And

Selfie #2 in front of the black and white mural on the 1st level at the Siqueiros Interpretive Center. Print the two selfies on separate sheets and staple them both at the end of your written essay to be turned in so as to complete the assignment.

Title Page

(title page should include the following centered on page:

Chicana/o Art Affects Private and Public Space

Also add the following information at lower right of this page:

Your Name

CH S 111 The Chicana/o and The Arts Tu Th 2:00PM -3:15PM

Spring 2016 Gamboa

4-Page essay

Be certain to write a well thought out narrative that fully expresses your visual experiences, makes clear connections to the readings, and that also makes the essay a worthwhile read.

It is suggested that each written page should contain two (2) paragraphs each, i.e., your complete essay should consist of eight (8) paragraphs.

When writing your essay, include aspects about your experience regarding commuting across Los Angeles to view the various works at Metro Rail Stations, on public walls, and in institutional settings.

Also, include how you experienced moving through physical space to arrive at a location to experience a visual moment upon viewing the art.

When describing the various works of art, include mention of coloration, placement, surrounding environment, and whether other people were present during your visit.

Explain whether your appreciation of art has been enhanced by this project.

Be certain, to include proper spelling for titles of art and the names of artists.