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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Digital Archive Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980
Art Andrew Zermeño, Farmworkers Strike to Save Their Union
Farmworkers Strike to Save Their Union, by Andrew Zermeno, 1971

Andrew Zermeño, Artist
Farmworkers Strike to Save Their Union , 1971

Medium
Offset paper
Dimensions
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of Center for the Study of Political Graphics

In this graphic work Zermeño uses political iconography to inspire workers to fight for better pay and working conditions. The central portrait depicts a couple of Chicano or Mexican descent looking out as protestors holding flags march across the horizon below. The symbol at the top of the poster is an eagle, the logo of the United Farm Workers Union. The poster, stylistically reminiscent of the political graphics of the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, is a call to action.

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