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$26
title $26description Oil on canvas, 49.5 in. x 87.75 in. As a borderland artist, Francisco Delgado illustrates U.S. citizens crossing the border into Mexico. Tourists, workers, students, commercial and industrial travelers pass through the busy El Paso-Juárez, Mexico border, which also conveys to-and-fro international trade between Mexico and the United States. According to Delgado, his painting represents the crossing of currency from the U.S. to Mexico, where the U.S. dollar is valued for its purchasing power (consistently worth more than pesos). This scene takes place at the “Free Bridge” (Cordova Bridge or the Bridge of the Americas) in El Paso as drivers cross into Juárez. U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson (left), Abraham Lincoln (center), and George Washington (right) drive individually into Mexico, each of them pictured on U.S. dollar bills. Together, the total worth of their currency adds up to $26 (Jackson $20, Lincoln $5, and Washington $1). Jackson appears to be yelling, perhaps at the newspaper vendor who runs toward him. An angry Lincoln is saying “no” to a window washer, who wipes down his windshield and asks to be paid. He holds up an empty Coke bottle to Lincoln, who refuses to drop money into it. Meanwhile, a woman, wearing a green shawl (symbolizing the color of money) and holding a cup from McDonald’s, begs Lincoln for money. Her little boy reaches for his milk bottle that she clutches in her left hand. Washington waits patiently for the traffic to move forward. A paleta (Mexican popsicle) vendor pushes his paleta wagon, hoping to sell to the Americans. Delgado explains, “The masks on the vendors and other Mexicans symbolize the struggle to survive. They are luchadores [Mexican wrestlers]. The masks are black because they are anonymous, and we do not see them. We don’t see or acknowledge their faces or struggle.” Francisco Delgado was born on November 3, 1974, in Ciudad Juárez, and grew up in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Art. His Bordeño artworks are informed by the social and cultural struggles inherent to life on the Mexican and United States border. His artwork addresses issues of identity, race, cultural traditions, and government policies that affect migration and immigrants. In his own words, Delgado says, “I am a visual artist with an artistic focus on social issues.” He visually represents the history of his community and creates a dialogue for social change. Often using dark humor or satire to depict his narratives, his artwork highlights the struggles of underrepresented people along the border. A prolific artist, Delgado works in painting, drawing, printmaking, and has also produced community murals. His works have been published in books and exhibited in national and international art exhibitions and community institutions. Francisco currently resides, teaches, and creates artwork in El Paso.artist/creator Delgado, Franciscosubject Borderlands Frontera Texas--El Paso United States Presidents Money Oil Paintings Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition)contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM) -
Trolley Slap
title Trolley Slapdescription Oil on OSP, 24 in. x 19.25 in. The view of a street from the point of view of someone moving away in a trolley car.artist/creator Casas, Victorsubject Perspective Borderlands Frontera Trolley cars Oil Paintings Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition)contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM) -
Carnal
title Carnaldescription Oil on wood panel, 48 in. x 36 in. A painting of a pachuco in a suit with arrows in his chest and ropes around his arms. El Paso artist Francisco Delgado references the Christian saint and martyr St. Sebastian (AD 256 – 288) who was bound to a tree or post and shot with arrows by Roman soldiers after he refused to deny his faith, as ordered by Emperor Diocletian. Rescued and healed by St. Irene, St. Sebastian later was clubbed to death by the Romans. Inspired by Renaissance paintings honoring this saint, Delgado pays homage to Mexican and Chicano hipsters, pachucos, who were attacked by U.S. servicemen and arrested during the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, June 3 – 8, 1943. The history of the zoot suit is complex. Pachucos wore zoot suits prior to and during World War II, but they did not invent them, nor did they wear them exclusively. Zoot suits were first worn by African American jazz musicians that toured around the country. Jazz aficionados popularized them by wearing them to dances, and they grew widespread from there. In Los Angeles, they were worn by African Americans, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, and ethnic whites including Italian Americans and Jewish Americans, among others. Francisco Delgado was born on November 3, 1974, in Ciudad Juárez, and grew up in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Art. His Bordeño artworks are informed by the social and cultural struggles inherent to life on the Mexican and United States border. His artwork addresses issues of identity, race, cultural traditions, and government policies that affect migration and immigrants. In his own words, Delgado says, “I am a visual artist with an artistic focus on social issues.” He visually represents the history of his community and creates a dialogue for social change. Often using dark humor or satire to depict his narratives, his artwork highlights the struggles of underrepresented people along the border. A prolific artist, Delgado works in painting, drawing, printmaking, and has also produced community murals. His works have been published in books and exhibited in national and international art exhibitions and community institutions. Francisco currently resides, teaches, and creates artwork in El Paso.artist/creator Delgado, Franciscosubject Portraits Borderlands Frontera Pachucos Saints Saints in art Martyrs Zoot suits Oil Paintings Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition)contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM) -
Antropofagio: Radio Flyer
title Antropofagio: Radio Flyerdescription Oil on canvas, 60 in. x 72.5 in. A shirtless boy riding his tricycle through rock and cactus in what looks like a back alley, and behind him lays an upside-down plastic pool. Using Renaissance perspective and chiaroscuro, Francisco Delgado’s painting is a visual metaphor for his life living and working in the borderland of El Paso. Despite the rocks and cacti obstructing his passage, a young man wearing only shorts and Nike shoes plows his Radio Flyer tricycle forward. Oddly, the tricycle rider is headless, and his face is on his stomach. According to the artist, his imagery was inspired by the Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade’s 1928 Manifesto Antropófago (Anthropophagist Manifesto). Its argument is that colonized countries, such as Brazil, should ingest the culture of the colonizer and digest it in its own way. Delgado refers to this as “cultural cannibalism” to explain how “Chicanos ingest American culture, and we make it our own.” The artist combines this cannibal concept with the Blemmyae, headless human figures with faces on their torsos, as found in Greek and Roman mythology and medieval art. Francisco Delgado was born on November 3, 1974, in Ciudad Juárez, and grew up in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Art. His Bordeño artworks are informed by the social and cultural struggles inherent to life on the Mexican and United States border. His artwork addresses issues of identity, race, cultural traditions, and government policies that affect migration and immigrants. In his own words, Delgado says, “I am a visual artist with an artistic focus on social issues.” He visually represents the history of his community and creates a dialogue for social change. Often using dark humor or satire to depict his narratives, his artwork highlights the struggles of underrepresented people along the border. A prolific artist, Delgado works in painting, drawing, printmaking, and has also produced community murals. His works have been published in books and exhibited in national and international art exhibitions and community institutions. Francisco currently resides, teaches, and creates artwork in El Paso.artist/creator Delgado, Franciscosubject Borderlands Frontera Cannibalism Consumerism Consumption (Economics) in art Nike Tricycles Texas--El Paso Oil Paintings Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition)contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM) -
M.D. Bryant
title M.D. Bryantdescription Photograph M.D. Bryant in 1923.artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Merriweather #1
title Merriweather #1description Photograph of the the Merriweather #1 oil well near Luling, Texas as it goes over the top, in 1923.artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Merriweather #1
title Merriweather #1description Photograph of the the Merriweather #1 oil well near Luling, Texas as it came in, in 1923.artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH)