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Under: A Statement (P 3).
we are striving for self-expression...
[[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] add - via our environment, our culture, economically, socially, and [[strikethrough]] polically [[/strikethrough]] politically.

If the above is not added, then [[strikethrough]] we [[/strikethrough]] the statement will contradict Mel's statement, " We realize that we cannot perpetuate or identify with the bluebonnet school..." also the Anglo so called avant gard which includes abstraction.
If we are to [[strikethrough]] make [[/strikethrough]] have any impact, then abstraction should be expelled from our work. Chicano art - expressing oneself visually from our past experiences - our culture, economically, socially, and politically.
Abstraction has not been a part of our culture, it has been a part of the white middleclass "cultured art lovers" past.
No room for abstraction in Chicano Art. However, there is room for distortion, stylization, etc.
Should abstraction be allowed, then that particular