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Title: Commonalities
Creator: Urista, Arturo, Artist
Contributor: Urista, Arturo, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1987
1987-07-22
1987-07-24
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Self-Help Graphics and Art archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description: "The imagery has 3 elements; [sic] The helicopter beaming down it's light (top left), 2 obscure figures facing one way and a directional target mark (top right). The three figures carry common religious related symbols. The fist figure to the left has the soul (The common philosophies that search for the inner self). The second carries the Virgin Mary the most popular identity in Mexico's Catholism. The last figure carries the most communicative media the television. The target, top right gives the direction of where the figures are heading to." Triangles and text frame the compostion.
Colors used: 1. Ligh (sic.) Green, 2. Red, 3. Yellow, 4. Pink, 5. Blue, 6. Black. "'Commonalities' is a visual statement pertaining to common issues I have shared with family and friends in East Los Angeles and in Tujuana, Mexico. The imagery has 3 elements; the helipcopter beaming down it's (sic.) light (top left), 3 obscure figures facing one way and a directional target mark (top right). The three figures carry common religious related symbols. The fist (sic.) figure to the left has the soul (the common philosophies that search for the inner self). The second carries the Virgin Mary the most popular identity in Mexico's Catholism (sic.). The last figure carries the most communicative media the television. The target, top right gives the direction of where the figures are heading to. The helicopter beams down it's (sic.) light on middle figure the one I most relate to and is also is (sic.) a statement of the violation of privacy and the search for the undocumented." A. Urista
I-size: 19" x 25"; P-size: 20" x 26"; 49/61; Signed;, Inscription in pencil on the right hand corner of the image reads: "Arturo Urista, 87, 49/61, Commonalities"print: Oscar Duardo; chopmark: embossed "SHG" below the image on the right hand corner.
COPYRIGHT WARNING The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. The Artist of any work retains all rights to that work. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Self Help Graphics & Art http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/ 3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90063 323-264-1059 E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu Web: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu
Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb2489n87s
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Symbolism
Religion in art
Undocumented Workers
Immigration Regulation and Control
Mexican American art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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