Work Goes on 2021 23x23 - Cesar Chavez

Year2021

Hand SignedLower Right Hand 

Condition Other - minor damage of frame 

Framed without GlassYellow Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 2020 

Story / Additional InfoThis work was created for and shown in a juried exhibition in Fresno, CA in 2021. The theme of the show was arts and agriculture. The figure of the man is Ceaser Chavez and he is putting on a protective mask much like the farm workers did during the Covid epidemic when they were expected to work regardless of the risk of the virus. Chavez lobbied and fought for farmworker's rights, so it's ironic that the workers were put at risk during the pandemic. The crops along the horizon are in the shape of the covid virus.
The figures on Chavez's shirt represent victims of the virus. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

Additional InformationTribute to Farm Workers - Covid 

LID162751

Dixie Salazar - United States

Art Brokerage: Dixie Salazar Hispanic - American Artist: Dixie Salazar is a Central Valley, California artist who has been working in a number of mediums, including oils, watercolors, collage, assemblage, and hand-colored photography for the past forty years or more. Her work has been shown extensively in the Central Valley, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and Merced, at the Merced Multi-cultural Art Museum in 2005. This was a one person show of oils and painted collage, exploring her dual (Hispanic and Anglo) heritage. Other one person shows occurred in 2006 at Arte Americas in Fresno and Educational Employees Credit Union in Sacramento. A large body of figurative work was also shown at the Patterson Building in Fresno in 2006 in a show titled "Escaping Gravity". In 2013 Dixie had a one person show at Arte Americas in Fresno, INTERCONNECTIONS, painted collages that explored Mayan symbols and history relating them to contemporary issues. In the past five years, Dixie has entered a number of shows in California, Oregon and on the East Coast, winning a number of first place awards and several Best of Shows. Her latest show was a one person show at the Pacific Grove Monterrey Peninsula College Art Museum. Dixie Salazar is also a poet with three books of poetry published and a novel, LIMBO, published in 1995. Listings wanted.