Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art)

Cultural, Historical, & Political Art from a Chicano Perspective ✊🏼🌟

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

Today (October 25) is International Artist Day. 🎨

Revolutionary art that is authentic, unapologetic, and controversial.

=RVS= c/s
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[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

‘Message to Aztlán’
(Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales) 📖

*Read my review: 👇🏼
https://t.co/tLvYhJMJt5

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

On June 3rd, we remember the life of hall-of-fame boxer and social activist Muhammad Ali. 👊🏾

Ali transcended sports by becoming a champion of his people.

Rest in Power, Champ. 🥊
1942-2016

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Artwork:
“Muhammad Ali” (2014) – mural (acrylic paint) 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

¡Felicidades to all graduating students! 🎓

Keep learning to further your growth. Stay focused and continue developing your skills. ⭐️

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Artwork:
“Change The World” (2014) – mural (acrylic paint) 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

‘El Libro de Caló: The Dictionary of Chicano Slang’
(Harry Polkinhorn, Ph.D Alfredo Velasco, & Ph.D Malcom Lambert) 📖

*Read my review: 👇🏼
https://t.co/h4yWQ0PbWl

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

May 15th is the International Day of Families. ⭐️

Perspectives shift and principles change as we branch out in different directions, but our roots remain the same.

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Artwork:
“Mi Familia” (1996) – color pencil and graphite pencil ✍🏼

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

¡Felicidades to all graduating students! 🎓

Keep learning to further your growth. Stay focused and continue developing your skills. ⭐️

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Artwork:
“Change The World” (2014) – mural (acrylic paint) 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽

On this day in 1862, the mighty French army – considered the most powerful military in the world – was defeated by a ragtag force of poor Indigenous Mexicans in the Battle of Puebla (in east-central México).

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Artwork:
“Raza” (2001) – computer art 🖼️

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

“With you May the 4th be.”

Happy Star Wars Day! 🚀

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

May 1st is International Workers’ Day. ⭐️

Today we honor and celebrate the people who built this country. Those that fought for the eight-hour working day and better work conditions.

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Artwork:
“Los Campesinos” (2005) – charcoal pencil ✍🏼

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

April 30th is Día del Niño. 👶🏽👧🏻👦🏾

Children have the ability to remind us of all the magical things in life we take for granted. Their energy invigorates our spirit & rejuvenates the fire society has dimmed in us.

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Artwork:
“Why Not You?” (2018) – mural (acrylic paint) 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

April 15th is World Art Day. 🎨

Resist diluting your point of view to appease others & increase your art sales. Be bold with your ideas & create waves. The people who like what you’re producing will remain loyal to your brand & you’ll be respected for staying true to yourself.⭐️

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

Aren’t you glad a lying, abusive, narcissistic, racist, misogynistic, unstable, corrupt, profiteering, self-serving, conniving, warmongering pedophile is NOT our president?

April Fools! 🍊🤡

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Artwork:
“You’re Fired!” (2020) – computer art 🖼️

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

March 31st is National Farm Workers Day. 🍅

Known as “el cortito,” the short-handled hoe was a symbol of the exploitation, oppression, and cruelty of the back-breaking work conditions suffered by farmworkers.

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Artwork:
“Los Campesinos” (2005) – charcoal pencil ✍🏼

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

March 21 is International Color Day. 🌈

Do you know that colors don’t actually exist? They are an illusion created by our brain.

Light & energy do exist…
but not color. 🤯

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Artwork:
“Mexica Sun” Color Chart (2002) – construction paper, acrylic paint, color pencil, & pen ✂️

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

‘Killing Rage: Ending Racism’
(bell hooks) 📖

*Read my review: 👇🏼
https://t.co/M2Pyy8iNuB

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

“El Corajudo” (2006) – charcoal (conté crayon) ✍🏼

A portrait of a grumpy old man, emphasizing the light and shadows on his face.

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*For more art: 👇🏼
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[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

On this day (March 17) in 1966…

César Chávez lead a group of strikers on a historic 340-mile march from Delano to the California State Capitol in Sacramento, to draw national attention to the plight of the farmworkers.

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Artwork:
“El Hombre de Oro” (2005) – gouache paint 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

March 14 is Genius Day. 🧠

Einstein revolutionized science & won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is widely considered as one of the smartest men who ever lived.

Happy Birthday, Einstein! 🎂
Rest in Peace
1879-1955

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Artwork:
“Albert Einstein” (2014) – mural (acrylic paint) 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

¡Happy Mexica (Aztec) New Year! 🪶

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Artwork:
“Mandala Azteca” (2005) – gouache paint & black ink 🎨

[Roberto Valdés Sánchez (Chicano Art) @RVS_ChicanoArt]

March 8th is International Women’s Day. 👸🏽

Women are endowed with the miraculous gift of creating life. She wields her power by giving birth to men and man limits her power with patriarchy.

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Artwork:
“Las Tres Caras #1” (2006) – charcoal (conté crayon) ✍🏼