Mexican American Artist Research Paper

American artist, Andy Warhol, once said, “they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Many see that one must take action before they get anywhere. Artist feel the need to express themselves in various ways in order to prove that rather than looking at the value of the work itself, society should focus on taking matters into their own hands for the betterment of the nation. Artist of the early 1900’s constructs themselves into society so that a change can happen. Their influences such as shaping society, expanding entertainment industries and putting an increase of unique styles of buildings, lead up to how people live today; and by taking a leap into the past, one can see the influence of artists on …show more content…
Emigres artist expressed their emotions of how society had treated them which evoked social movements to occur. For example, according to A&E Television Networks, José Clemente Orozco, a Mexican Muralist, painted murals on public buildings as a way to show truth about social struggles and served as an inspiration for the Chicano Movement(bio.). The Mexican revolution prompted Orozco to express the experiences around him to people. Mexican-Americans were made to think about their living conditions and treatment they were getting was unfair. Some artist helped keep society onto their feet. For example, according to Archives of American Art, Luchita Hurtado took part in giving hope to those around her. Growing up in Venezuela for most of her childhood, Hurtado brought her culture with her when entering the United States in the 30’s. In the interview, Hurtado mentions her experiences of life without much and had some Japanese friends being taken away to relocation camps(AAA). She did sketchings for them once in while and that helped her friends have a ray of happiness throughout the day. Now she paints works containing simplicity and hints of her culture that will give people an optimistic outlook. With all of this new outlook from society, some companies took a hit from these …show more content…
The development from american history made artist for who they are and in turn artist helped develope society and the economy. Artist gives shock and amazement to people to have he or she engage in social events. Expressing in ways to communicate with the public gives a purpose to artist to further in their work to push for future artist to provoke a change from how people live. The radios people listen to or the homes people live in now, are all caused from artist that gave their whole into