tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post2132733739169979807..comments2024-03-28T15:22:15.896-07:00Comments on THE BROWNSVILLE OBSERVER : TWO HISPANIC ARTISTS OBJECT TO DISPLAY OF "WHITE MALE'S" ART AT BROWNSVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-47712880225655017582017-07-27T10:49:27.752-07:002017-07-27T10:49:27.752-07:00Those failures were envious of Mr Clark and came u...Those failures were envious of Mr Clark and came up with a stupid plan to gain notoriety by attacking Clark? How did that work for them? How about an update.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-11079654080658960602017-06-30T12:00:44.407-07:002017-06-30T12:00:44.407-07:00she makes some valid points, but please take the r...she makes some valid points, but please take the racist rant full of modern day liberal buzzwords, out of it, please.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-10301936386425447092017-06-28T00:12:09.383-07:002017-06-28T00:12:09.383-07:00That's profound sarcasm.That's profound sarcasm. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-58428603395776301122017-06-26T17:48:35.783-07:002017-06-26T17:48:35.783-07:00You are just looking for exposure by attacking oth...You are just looking for exposure by attacking others because your "art" goes widely un noticed. Regardless of the reason, I love watching you liberals fighting over something so silly. Watchale mark the xicana warrior princess is gonna get you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-167824336058502962017-06-26T14:29:21.454-07:002017-06-26T14:29:21.454-07:00You know nothing about art You know nothing about art Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-87131814980593328652017-06-26T13:57:52.553-07:002017-06-26T13:57:52.553-07:00There very few, if any, true artist in the RGV. Mo...There very few, if any, true artist in the RGV. Most are very good at tracing...a concept learned in kindergarten along with coloring. Mark is not alone when it comes to tracingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-32349541985320734702017-06-26T10:52:23.835-07:002017-06-26T10:52:23.835-07:00Let's take racism out of this for a second and...Let's take racism out of this for a second and look at this from a strictly artistic value. Mark's work is much much better than Celeste de Luna and the other girl's. Female artist tend to be over emotional and confrontational when it comes to protecting their art. Throw in this make believe zinka nonsense and they take it to another level. I think these two women are jealous of Marks beautiful gallery and his fine work. Un successful Artist such as Celeste de Luna tend to find themselves in dead end jobs in low end education. It is the only way they can make a living. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-49973820186824184682017-06-25T17:27:46.675-07:002017-06-25T17:27:46.675-07:00Very profound statements from such beautiful, tale...Very profound statements from such beautiful, talented and intellectual women. They are no doubt wealthy, highly educated, world-traveled and contributing citizens. We are indeed fortunate to have them in our Valley home.Cybelle McAllennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-85186530763070544882017-06-25T17:05:26.804-07:002017-06-25T17:05:26.804-07:00What the hell is a Xicana? Is that a new race? Wha...What the hell is a Xicana? Is that a new race? What country are Xicana's from? I'm a Mexican American. I was born in the US and my mother was born here in the US to Mexican parents who were residents and my father was a Mexican citizen and I have no idea what a Xicana is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-72174168603299956662017-06-25T10:31:26.387-07:002017-06-25T10:31:26.387-07:00 am writing to you about the Art Against the Wall ... am writing to you about the Art Against the Wall (Issue 88, Spring 2015) article written by Stephanie Elizondo Griest. This article was a gross misrepresentation of the people and artists of the Texas Rio Grande Valley. An artist friend sent the article to me from California who wanted to know why I wasn’t mentioned, since they couldn’t find any women artists who were doing political work. I read the article with half bored interest, since they are all people I know. I was dismayed that were no women political artists to be found by Griest, except in a curious offhand remark by artist Mark Clark, the journalist’s white guide and a non-native of the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Clark said, he knew of “a talented Chicana artist with a taste for subversive art, but can’t quench it because her husband is an ICE agent”. (Side note: When I married my husband, it was pre-911 and he wasn’t even a U.S. citizen) Hijole, I find myself mentioned after all in an unbelievably racist and sexist remark that dismisses my work due to my personal relationships. I’m appalled that Griest did not bother to follow-up on such a comment and I’m very hurt by Clark’s remark because I had considered him a friend and had thought he respected my work. I am a Xicana artist, mother, and educator and have an M.F.A in Studio Art. I have exhibited my work extensively in Texas, San Diego, Chicago, Arizona, and overseas. If you can’t find women border artists, it’s because you’re not looking hard enough.<br /><br />This article has a very Eurocentric male perspective of the borderlands. Mark Clark’s Art Against the Wall exhibit is not revolutionary or daring but rather an extraordinary display of privilege. White artists who place their work on the Border Wall have the privilege of doing so without any of the real consequences of undocumented brown-skinned people. These consequences include death, financial ruin, arrest, detention, and deportation. Clark positioning himself, as a political artist surrounded by apathetic brown savages is the classic Dances with Wolves white savior fantasy. The idea that people of the RGV are apolitical people fosters the dangerous myth that the plight of this region (drugs, poverty, and violence) is really due to apathy, laziness, and criminality and not violent, racist government structures, both American and Mexican. There is a Spanish saying that you hear the real radicals throw around, “Sin Mujer, no hay revolución”. Without women, there is no revolution. This article fails and it fails BIG, so it’s good thing that it’s placed in Texas, at least.<br /><br />Celeste De Luna<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-33142336880142317592017-06-25T05:21:11.400-07:002017-06-25T05:21:11.400-07:00Yeah I always wondered why Mark painted that stuff...Yeah I always wondered why Mark painted that stuff that looked like it belonged in caves. I mean most of us don't live in caves anymore. Didn't he go to some sort of art school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696772328771334084.post-3557854125013293812017-06-24T20:41:49.990-07:002017-06-24T20:41:49.990-07:00Crazy racist bitches. They need to go find a safe ...Crazy racist bitches. They need to go find a safe zone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com