Gráfica Libre

Art and social transformation converge in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands region, where artists and culture workers are provoking new forms of creative resistance to counter the dynamics of oppression and alienation with solidarity and inclusivity.

—Artwork by Swoon. Photograph courtesy of Julio Barrera.

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Lxs Dos: Ingenious and Indigenous

By Veronica Carbajal

A Mexican-American lawyer and human rights activist examines symbolism and meaning in two works of public art that reflect the struggles of life and maleffects of migration policies on the borderlands.

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In Conversation: SWOON

Interview and Photography by Itzel Alejandra Martinez

A discussion with Caledonia Curry (SWOON) about her relationship to street art, muralism, the borderlands and the diversity of inspiration in her work.

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Gráfica Libre: Exhibition Review

By Edgar Picazo Merino

Showcasing street artists from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and Latin America whose work emphasizes artistic responses to social and political crises.

Power and Place in the Work of Border Artists

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Power and Place in the Work of Border Artists

By Dr. Yolanda Leyva

A borderlands historian reflects on the work of border artists to understand how their art activates memory in a place where the educational system, media, popular culture, and the political system work vigorously to suppresses memories and history.