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One of multiple self-portraits created by Barbara Carrasco, this piece is a seventeen-color silk screen print. Assisted by masterprinter Steven Grace who liked Carrasco’s work for her precise lines and form, she made this artwork after the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. In this lithograph, Carrasco is standing in front of a mural layout in running gear breaking the red ribbon with the Olympic rings. She looks at a white paint roller that moves towards her as she holds up a paintbrush with the name Siqueiros on it, a reference to the famous Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros.
During the 1984 Olympics, Carrasco had been working on "L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective," a mural that was nearly censored for so-called “negative scenes of L.A. history,” such as the Japanese internment camps, slavery, colonialism, and more. The censors disliked historical realities, but did not object to homelessness and displacement as the state was trying to “clean up the city.” The roller brush with white paint references the attempted censorship and whitewashing of her mural. (Author: Cal Zeman with Barbara Carrasco)
During the 1984 Olympics, Carrasco had been working on "L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective," a mural that was nearly censored for so-called “negative scenes of L.A. history,” such as the Japanese internment camps, slavery, colonialism, and more. The censors disliked historical realities, but did not object to homelessness and displacement as the state was trying to “clean up the city.” The roller brush with white paint references the attempted censorship and whitewashing of her mural. (Author: Cal Zeman with Barbara Carrasco)
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