Above is some of the artwork we saw, for those of you who were unable to attend. Obviously, the first and last picture were probably not made for any certain cause (even though they look really fun and brighten up the walls), but the middle picture was a mural created to basically stress the fact that human beings are not aliens, and to ask how it is possible to call a person illegal?
After the trip I searched the internet to see what other murals can be found in Chicago. I found a website that has several murals listed, as well as where you can find them in the city.
http://murallocator.org/tag/chicago/
I noticed a mural titled Gulliver en el pais de las Maravillas, which is said to be translated into "Gulliver in Wonderland".
This mural reminded me a lot of The Immigrant's Dream, the American Response, a painting we viewed at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
I found these two pieces to be similar, first because of the fact both people in these paintings are bound in barb wire. Like the class said at the Museum, it seems like the immigrant is trapped. It can be argued that both paintings contain aspects of the "American Dream", such as the American flag that represents freedom, and a farm that can represent land ownership, prosperity, and success. The reason both of these works are so powerful is that they show the harsh reality of immigrants' situation in the United States. They feel that the US is supposed to bring freedom and prosperity, but sadly they are subject to restraint and injustice. The message I receive from the paintings is that Mexican immigrants have always fallen short when trying to achieve their goals here in the United States. They have a hard time obtaining what they feel they should be able to.
images from google and my iPod
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