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S.A.
Express & News
Sun. Sept. 20 '87

OW
J11

Politics of Art
Origins of the Chicano movement:
shifting from Con Safo to mainstream

By: Oscar Garza
Staff writer

About 20 years ago, a group of progressive artists in San Antonio unwittingly gave birth to what was later called the "largest, most articulate and most successful federation of Chicano artists" anywhere. They were called Con Safo.

The artists of Con Safo have developed beyond their political origins, some have moved away and some have remained here. But its membership still stands as a virtual who's who in Hispanic art: Mel Casas, Felipe Reyes, Cesar Martinez, Amado Pena, Carmen Lomnas Garza, Jesse Trevino, Robert Gonzalez, Rolando Briseno, Kathy Vargas, and Rudy Trevino.

Today, Chicano art is commonly lumped under the label of "Hispanic art," one of the most talked about genres in today's art world. Major museums, such as the Corcoran in Washington D.C., and the Bronx Museum in New York City, are presenting Hispanic art in showcases previously reserved for mainstream art.

The Corcoran show, entitled "Hispanic Art in the United States," is traveling the country was recently featured in Newsweek magazine. The exhibit premiered in May at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and is regarded as the most comprehensive survey of

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Chicano Art: Hispanic artist Felipe Reyes, one of the founders of Can Sago, holds his latest work.

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