Rewrites our understanding of the last 50 years of Chicana/o
cultural production. Chicana/o Remix casts new light not only on
artists-such as Sandra de la Loza, Judy Baca, and David Botello,
among others-but on the exhibitions that feature their work, and
the collectors, curators, critics, and advocates who engage it.
Combining feminist theory, critical ethnic studies, art historical
analysis, and extensive archival and field research, Karen Mary
Davalos argues that narrow notions of identity, politics, and
aesthetics limit our ability to understand the full capacities of
Chicana/o art. She employs fresh vernacular concepts such as the
"errata exhibit," or the staging of exhibits that critically
question mainstream art museums, and the "remix," or the act of
bringing new narratives and forgotten histories from the background
and into the foreground. These concepts, which emerge out of art
practice itself, drive her analysis and reinforce the rejection of
familiar narratives that evaluate Chicana/o art in simplistic,
traditional terms, such as political versus commercial, or realist
versus conceptual. Throughout Chicana/o Remix, Davalos explores
undocumented or previously ignored information about artists, their
cultural production, and the exhibitions and collections that
feature their work. Each chapter exposes and challenges conventions
in art history and Chicana/o studies, documenting how Chicana
artists were the first to critically challenge exhibitions of
Chicana/o art, tracing the origins of the first Chicano arts
organizations, and highlighting the influence of Europe and Asia on
Chicana/o artists who traveled abroad. As a leading scholar in the
study of Chicana/o artists, art spaces, and exhibition practices,
Davalos presents her most ambitious project to date in this
re-examination of fifty years of Chicana/o art production.
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