Object Details
- Artist
- Cruz Ortiz, born 1972
- Sitter
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, born 1938
- Exhibition Label
- “Latino art is American art plus,” said Tomás YbarraFrausto (born 1938). An art historian, scholar, and professor, Ybarra-Frausto has championed Chicanx and Latinx artists. Ybarra-Frausto established himself as a cultural leader in El Movimiento, the 1960s movement for the empowerment of Mexican Americans. Since then, his work has advanced the study of art produced by historically colonized peoples and migrant communities in the United States.
- Artist Cruz Ortiz honors his fellow Texan by visually linking Ybarra-Frausto to the region he calls home. Ortiz pictures him next to a blue agave plant, donning his typical hat and cane. The title references Aztlán, the mythical origin of the Aztec people and the symbolic land of Chicanos.
- “El arte latino es arte estadounidense y más”, ha dicho Tomás Ybarra-Frausto (n. 1938). Historiador de arte, investigador y profesor, Ybarra-Frausto ha defendido a los artistas chicanos y latinos. Se estableció como líder cultural dentro del Movimiento Chicano que en la década de 1960 abogó por el empoderamiento de los mexicoamericanos. Desde entonces, su trabajo ha fomentado el estudio del arte producido por pueblos históricamente colonizados y comunidades migrantes en Estados Unidos.
- El artista Cruz Ortiz honra a su colega tejano plasmando la conexión de Ybarra-Frausto con la región que es su hogar. Ortiz lo presenta junto a una planta de agave azul, con sus típicos sombrero y bastón; el título de la obra alude al mítico lugar de origen de los aztecas y tierra simbólica de los chicanos.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- 2018
- Object number
- NPG.2020.146
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Cruz Ortiz
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 243.8 × 182.9 cm (96 × 72")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- 20th Century Americans: 2000 to Present
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 341
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Nature & Environment\Plant
- Equipment\Walking stick\Cane
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Imaginary
- Exterior\Landscape\Desert
- Nature & Environment\Sun
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto: Male
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Art historian
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2020.146
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm437756929-de14-4c3a-b293-25eb09c8a023
