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About - Occupy Museums

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Social injustice propagated by. Institutions of art and culture. Occupy Museums began in the first month of Occupy Wall Street to connect cultural institutions to spreading economic inequality. We have experimented with many tactics in a variety of situations and campaigns internationally. Here is the collaborative mission text from 2011:. WE OCCUPY MUSEUMS TO RECLAIM SPACE FOR MEANINGFUL CULTURE BY AND FOR THE 99%. ART AND CULTURE ARE THE SOUL OF THE COMMONS. ART IS NOT A LUXURY! We have also collaborat...

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SELF PORTRAITS | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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I like to paint myself. I like to think of who I am and where I came from. I like to paint myself in the city. I like to paint myself in the desert. I like to paint myself in the different changes that have occurred in my life. I am a story teller. I use images. My self portraits document my life and the changes around me. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. 2014 Ricardo Santos Hernández.

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MURALS | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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The Children of Quetzacoátl. This two panel mural was sponsored by Hedges Fine and Performing Arts School located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in the south side of Chicago. The mural documents the history and migration of the people who now live in the Back of the Yards community. Alejandro Medina of Pilsen was the assistant. Arthur J. Polendo's recent dissertation:. Examining Working Class Chicano Identities in San Antonio and Chicago,". Lubbock: Texas Tech University 2011.

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PAINTINGS | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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Ricardos Santos Hernández: Painter of Mexamérica* Carlos Cabrera. Any area of the US southwest with a large population of Mexican immigrants or focus on Mexican culture. Essay by Carlos Cabrera Cox of Nogales, Sonora México Translation by Leticia Cortéz of Santa Fé, New Mexico Editing by Francisco Piña, Chicago. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. Ricardo Santos Hernández: Pintor de Mexamérica.

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URBANISM | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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Consumer Man by Ethel Cooke. Ethel Cooke is from Nogales, Sonora México. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. Ricardo Santos Hernández: Pintor de Mexamérica. Urban Flashback: Prospectus Art Gallery Exhibit. A Fatalistic Allegory: A Crucifix by Ricardo Santos Hernández. 2014 Ricardo Santos Hernández.

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DRAWINGS | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. Ricardo Santos Hernández: Pintor de Mexamérica. Urban Flashback: Prospectus Art Gallery Exhibit. A Fatalistic Allegory: A Crucifix by Ricardo Santos Hernández. 2014 Ricardo Santos Hernández.

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FLIRTING WITH ABSTRACTION | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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To paint abstract frees me from the heaviness and darker arrangements of my personal narratives. My paintings always begin as an abstraction and eventually images and figures emerge. This approach in abstract painting gives me the freedom to experiment with paint, color, movement, and composition. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. Ricardo Santos Hernández: Pintor de Mexamérica.

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INSTALLATIONS | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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Installations as an extension and dialog. The installation process in my art work challenges me to extend myself out side the two 2-D mediums. Installations require planning and curious search for objects that will become an extension of the conversation in the ideas being proposed for the installation. The installations Bombs over Baghdad. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk.

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WAR | Ricardo Santos Hernández

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Kilotons and then more by Carlos Cumpian. Carlos Cumpian is a Chicago poet. Urban Echo La Frontera en el Corazón Exhibition. Saturday, June 6, 2015 : 5 – 9 PM : ADENTRO. February 13, 2015 : Urban Flashback Artist Talk. Ricardo Santos Hernández: Pintor de Mexamérica. Urban Flashback: Prospectus Art Gallery Exhibit. A Fatalistic Allegory: A Crucifix by Ricardo Santos Hernández. 2014 Ricardo Santos Hernández.