Rupert García
The Making of an American Artist, a Testimonio
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2026
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-4401-8 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-4401-8 (ISBN)
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This is the first biography of the renowned American Chicano visual artist and activist Rupert García, drawing on fifty hours of interviews conducted over thirty years and accompanied by eighty images. This in-depth oral history gives an unparalleled look at García's life and work, tracing his evolution as an artist and the political upheavals that shaped his life and worldview.
Mario T. García's testimonio places Rupert García's art in historical perspective, from his beginnings as a working-class Mexican American from California's Central Valley, his coming of age in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, his involvement in the antiwar movement during the San Francisco State student strike in 1968-69, and his participation in the Chicano Movement and beyond. Influenced by history and politics, García's vital works of art represent a changing world through the eyes of an artist, speaking to issues of poverty, racism, capitalism, war, and the role of the artist in society.
His art—from revolutionary silkscreen posters to monumental pastels to portraits of political icons like Frida Kahlo, Che Guevara, and Dolores Huerta—serves to critique history and reassess it. It is work that will endure for generations to come.
Mario T. García's testimonio places Rupert García's art in historical perspective, from his beginnings as a working-class Mexican American from California's Central Valley, his coming of age in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, his involvement in the antiwar movement during the San Francisco State student strike in 1968-69, and his participation in the Chicano Movement and beyond. Influenced by history and politics, García's vital works of art represent a changing world through the eyes of an artist, speaking to issues of poverty, racism, capitalism, war, and the role of the artist in society.
His art—from revolutionary silkscreen posters to monumental pastels to portraits of political icons like Frida Kahlo, Che Guevara, and Dolores Huerta—serves to critique history and reassess it. It is work that will endure for generations to come.
Mario T. García is a distinguished professor of Chicano studies and history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published over 20 books over the course of his career, including Blowout!: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice and The Latino Generation: Voices of the New America.
Introduction 1
1 Stockton Boy 27
2 School Days 43
3 Junior College and the City 59
4 Indochina 73
5 San Francisco State 90
6 The Mission Cultural Renaissance 119
7 Moving On 161
8 Fluorescence 197
9 Millennial Artist 245
Afterword 274
Acknowledgments 279
Notes 281
Index 289
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.01.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 57 color and 28 B-W images |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1048 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-4401-8 / 1978844018 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-4401-8 / 9781978844018 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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