El arte como lenguaje y expresión social: mujeres artistas en México

Art manifestations are a language deeply linked to human beings' innate need for expression and communication. Through them, it is possible to interpret and reinterpret a person's vision of the world. Art is a communication channel through which one receives and sends messages.

Regarding this, Jean Franco (1924-2022), a British academic,literature critic, and expert in Latin American studies, has emphasized through multiple publications that different forms of art must play a key role in social matters, mainly in those related to Indigenous communities in struggle, and women, both highly present in Latin America.

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4. Collectively, with the help of your teacher, discuss and write on the board a list of all the problems,conflicts, or social concerns that affect your community. Think about how possible it is to identify, address, and transmit them through art.

In Mexico, despite great difficulties, women have stood out for creating works of art that have survived through time, sometimes even going against the opinions of those who mistakenly consider men superior to women. There are notable examples of women artists, such as portrait painter Lola Alvarez Bravo, dancer Amalia Hernández and painter María Izquierdo, who have helped with their art to give women a position in their respective artistic expressions. Besides, by expressing their feelings, ideals and vision of their environment with authenticity, they demonstrated that this was enough to be part of the social struggles in favor of the rights and freedom of women worldwide.

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