De Generación En Generación: 3 Generations of Chicano/a Artists

From Generation to Generation, was inspired by the iconic photograph entitled “De Generacion En Generacion”. The Mexican photographer, Lola Alvarez Bravo, captured this image of a young woman with a child resting on her hip. The mother is turned away from us, but the child looks deeply into our eyes. The idea of this exhibition is reflected in the eyes of this child which carries the life of Mexico forward through time. In a similar manner, the works of art created by Gina Gwen Palacios is carried on the shoulders of Antonio E. Garcia and Amado Pena in the history of South Texas Chicanx art. The work looks back to the past, but also looks forward to a better time of greater equality of representation in the broader scope of American art history. Showcasing South Texas art across three generations, this collaborative research project includes Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Dr. Liz Kim), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Dr. Carey Rote), and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Gina Gwen Palacios). The project is the first to document a generational view of art in South Texas from over a century, filling a necessary gap in research on the cultural history of the region spanning the Texas Rio Grande Valley to the Coastal Bend.