Spirit [electronic resource] : the life and art of Jesse Treviño / Anthony Head ; with a foreword by Henry Cisneros.

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As he lay bleeding in a Vietnamese rice paddy, his right arm shredded by shrapnel, artist Jesse Treviño realized that he wanted to honor and preserve his family and his cultural heritage through his artwork. After receiving a Purple Heart and undergoing two years of rehabilitative therapy and the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Head, Anthony, 1968- (Author)
Other Authors: Cisneros, Henry (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Treviño, Jesse, > 1946-
Mexican American artists > Texas > San Antonio > Biography.
Artists > Texas > San Antonio > Biography.
Artists with disabilities > Texas > San Antonio > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Spirit: The Life and Art of Jesse Treviño
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword: Prospect Hill-the West Side's foundation / Henry Cisneros
  • Introduction: in country (February 23, 1967) / Anthony Head
  • Part One. The LBJ years: Mexicans and Americans (1946-1961)
  • West Side graffiti (1962-1965)
  • The best in New York (1965-1966)
  • Vietnam 1966 (1966-1968)
  • Part Two. Aztlán de San Antonio: black canvas (1968-1972)
  • Chicano Spring (1971-1974)
  • "Who's going to buy that?" (1974-1979)
  • Let's get on with it (1979-1989)
  • Part Three. West Side storyteller: museum peace (1990-1995)
  • Spirit and loss (1996-1999)
  • Of murals, Mexico, and immortality (1999-2012)
  • Afterword: Hay mas tiempo que vida
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: A partial chronology of Jesse Treviño's artwork.