The Current State of Muralism (Part IV)

In the '60s and '70s, while radical, militant, and educated Chicanos were graduating from universities, going to art schools, and setting up organizations which would facilitate their entry into mainstream society, their less-motivated counterparts were advancing street gang organizations and using wall space to paint their own political slogans. Murals depicting ethnic solidarity and struggle were side by side with cholo graffiti, which was inspired by old English, Bauhaus block letters, and ab...