Carmen Lomas Garz Chicana

Carmen Lomas Garza was raised in South Texas; she attended a segregated school until junior high stating that it was very “traumatic and painful”. Furthermore, she was taught home economics in school and given courses “appropriate” for her gender. She was young when she combated against discrimination when she took her first biology course in school. While in junior high was when she realized that she was committed in pursuing art; she utilized her allowance and babysitting money to buy her art supplies. While at university, was when it inspired her to tackle social and economic injustices that the Chicanx community endured. Furthermore, after her one year of teaching, enabled her to ignite her passion to become a full time Chicana artist. …show more content…
Specifically, the importance of family and how she emphasizes that family plays an enormous part in her artwork. In these 3 art pieces, share the common theme of familia and memory. Garza’s Sandía (1986) has an amazing vivid color scheme, and how vibrate the colors are. The colors in the painting represent how vibrate a close-knit family is, and how Chicanx culture is so lively. Interestingly, the color scheme of the painting is red, white and green which represent the Mexican flag, Garza here hints to the viewer that the sandía is a symbol of culture and national pride. Furthermore, “In this context, the image clearly refers to the sweetest part of the watermelon, its core or ‘heart” (49) Garza utilizes the watermelon to symbolize the heart. Moreover, the cutting the watermelon demonstrates that everyone gets a piece of the heart, the spreading of love and