La Lucha Sigue Sigue (2010)
$100.00
Institutional pricing (libraries, universities, for use on tv/movies etc). Contact us for invoicing or custom listing: $200
Melanie Cervantes
20 x 26 inches
6 - Color, Handprinted, Screenprint, Heavy Art Paper, Printed in Oakland, 2010
In 1810 Mexico breaks from Spain declaring its Independence.
In 1910 Indigenas play major roles in Revolution against the established order in Mexico.
In 2010 ¡Zapata vive, vive, la lucha sigue, sigue!
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader, has inspired many Xicana/os for taking a stand for land rights and to show how the people could defend themselves from the tyranny corrupt governments. This portrait commemorates the role Zapata and his liberation army played in the revolution and the amazing Plan de Ayala which stated that the goal of the revolution was for land to be redistributed among the poor.
