Orale ese Vato

Description:

As this paño humorously titled Orale ese vato (Spanish for roughly, right on, man) shows, one characteristic of Chicano art is that it avidly consumes and reconfigures both American and Mexican pop culture with its own slang, looks, and attitude. A paño is a hand-drawn handkerchief traditionally designed by Chicano prisoners. Like a letter that retells memories of both good and bad times, paños are often mailed as gifts to friends and loved ones. Valued as a vibrant popular art that overlaps with muralism, tattoo design, graffiti, and auto airbrushing, paños and their makers are receiving increased exposure for their visual storytelling abilities. An illustrator and a muralist known for depicting Chicano themes, Walter Baca (1947-1993) designed this paño in New Mexico in 1992.

Date Made: 1992

Artist: Baca, Walter R.

Description (Spanish): Como lo muestra este paño con el gracioso título<i>Órale ese vato</i> , un modo de caracterizar al arte chicano es la forma en que consume ávidamente la cultura pop tanto americana como mexicana y la reconfigura con su propia jerga, perspectivas y actitudes. Un paño es un pañuelo dibujado a mano, tradicionalmente diseñado por prisioneros chicanos. Al igual que una carta en la que se recuentan memorias de tiempos idos, buenos y malos, los paños se envían a menudo como presentes a los amigos o seres queridos. Valorados como una expresión vibrante del arte popular superpuesta al muralismo, al diseño de tatuajes y a la pintura de automóviles con aerógrafos, los paños y sus creadores están recibiendo cada vez más publicidad gracias a sus habilidades visuales narrativas. Walter Baca (1947-1993), ilustrador y muralista conocido por sus representaciones de temas chicanos, diseñó este paño en Nuevo México en 1992.Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Mexico, Albuquerque

Classified As: Popular CultureDepicted: Mickey MouseReferenced: LatinoUsed: Prisons

Subject:

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Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Rudy Padilla

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0150.02Catalog Number: 1993.0150.02Accession Number: 1993.0150

Object Name: paños

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)ink, pen (overall material)Measurements: overall: 42 cm x 41 cm; 16 9/16 in x 16 1/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f3b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1153486

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