Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
8-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Dr. Karen Sanders
Second Advisor
Dr. Lorenzo Pace
Third Advisor
Dr. Philip Field
Abstract
With this thesis I intend to honor my Mexican-American heritage by portraying the roots of the Mexican and Mexican-American migrant workers in America. Using the experiences of my father, my relatives, and the history of the Braceros I will also describe the struggles, the pain, the sorrows of the migrant workers. My artwork which consists of black and white photographs, video, and installation will be the tools to give these people which have been forgotten, their long awaited voice. Interpreting ideas and inspiration from Mexican and Mexican-American political art, photography, and installation I have depicted the struggles and pain of the Mexican-American people in their moments of desperation, tragedy, frustration, and history. The installation setting represents the history of not only my father’s early childhood years of struggle, but the many years of blood, sweat, and tears left behind in American fields by the working people of Mexican heritage. I believe I will have done my job as a contemporary Mexican-American artist if I can impact the targeted audience that can identify and appreciate their history.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2009 Maria Esperanza Balboa. All Rights Reserved.
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