Sun Mad, Ester Hernandez

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born 1944
Sun Mad, 1981
Where object was made: California, United States
Material/technique: color screen print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 532 x 405 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 20 15/16 x 15 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 720 x 565 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 28 3/8 x 22 1/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in
Credit line: Anonymous gift of Kansans for sustainable agriculture
Accession number: 2014.0457
On display: Long Ellis Gallery

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Bold Women

Activist and artist Ester Hernandez is known for her involvement in the 1960s Chicano Arts Movement. In this print she critiques Sun-Maid’s exploitation of farm workers by replacing the Sun-Maid logo’s female figure with a skeleton and swapping the text for “Sun Mad.” Hernandez states: “I want my artwork to continue to incite and inspire, to contribute to the dialogue that celebrates and honors our Latinx creative, resilient, defiant, and loving spirit that keeps us moving on toward a socially just world.”

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