Los 4 History of Southern Ca Chino Artist

I chose the East Los Angeles Mural, "Homage to Mexican Masters". It is located on the corner or East Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Arizona Ave in East Los Angeles.

The artist used spray paint on a wall. The murals social realism helps audience relate to the paintings based on what they see. You can relate to the murals by looking at them more than you ever could by reading a message he is trying to portray. The artist, John Zender wants to portray the history of the industrialization of downtown Los Angeles and also show you the important and iconic Mexican artists and familiarize you with the reason they are such an important part in the Chicano and Chicana art history. The location of the mural in East Los Angeles is also important because it reaches the right audience. Many of the residents in this area appreciate the story the mural tells.

The murals found in East Los Angeles are no different that ancient frescoes from hundreds of years ago. They both tell a story by using pictures to communicate with an audience.

Social realism is not just found in chicano and chicana art. It has also been present in American art. For example, Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan School, encouraged students to go to street and paint what they saw. One of his students, George Bellows, followed his teachings by painting "Men of Docks", which portrayed dockworkers congregating shore side waiting for work.

Jackson Pollock was also a user of social realism along with abstract expressionism. Pollock's background in Mexican muralists Thomas Hart Benton's, "The Wreck of The Ole '97" is a prime example of showing social realism in his art. Pollock says his art was influenced by his western upbringing, surrealism, and psychoanalysis.

The "Homage to Mexican Masters" portrays a large detailed message through iconography. Picture number 1, shows paint cans. The bottom left can appears to be Milio Hidalgo. The top left can shows a fist, which symbolizes "Chicano Power". The cans used resemble oil cans, this can be related to the United States taking their oil at one time.

Picture number 2 shows industrial looking figures or machinery. This is portraying the view of the industrialization of downtown Los Angeles.

Picture number 4 is of the tree of life, it symbolizes stages of life.

Picture number 5 appears to be an Olmec Head , the Olmecs were the first major Pre-Columbian civilization in Mexcio.

Picture number 6 is of the artist himself, John Zender.

Picture number 7 is of the "Mexican Masters" the murals subject. These "Mexcican Masters" are the 20th century Mexican artists, from left to right, Diego Rivera