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　　Judithe Hernandez and the Chicana Artistic Voice

　　Judithe Hernandez’s art career began in Los Angeles during the socially and politically turbulent 1960s. While

　　enrolled as a graduate student at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Hernandez met fellow student Carlos Almaraz,

　　one of the founding 1 members of the Chicano artist collective known as “Los Four.” At Almarez’s request,

　　Hernandez joined “Los Four” as its fifth, and only female, member. Hernandez became well known for her work with

　　this revolutionary group of artists, who are credited with 2 authorizing Chicano art as its own distinctive school of (US)

　　American art. 3 Less known but equally important, however, is the role Hernandez played in providing a female voice

　　within what was at that time a predominantly male Chicano art movement.

　　Chicano art began as an outgrowth of the more general Chicano Civil Rights 4 Movement; a sociopolitical initiative

　　that began in the 1960s to promote social progress and change for Mexican-Americans. 5 Chicano artists sought to

　　mirror the challenges faced by Mexican-Americans, often by challenging the xenophobic stereotypes of

　　Mexican-Americans in American culture. However, since the vast majority of Chicano artists were men, much of the

　　Chicano artwork of the 1960s and early 1970s represented the experiences of Mexican-American men, failing to

　　represent some of the unique struggles faced by their female counterparts.

　　6 During her time with “Los Four,” Hernandez developed a distinct visual style as she incorporated indigenous

　　images along with figurative portrayals of Hispanic women, often restrained by elements such as vines or thorns. The

　　significance of her contributions to the Chicano art movement 7 were recognized as early as 1981, when Hernandez

　　was commissioned by the Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee to produce a mural in celebration of the city’s 200th

　　anniversary. 8 The mural portrays La Reina de Los Angeles (the patroness of the city) engaging with images of the

　　past and present. In it, Hernandez juxtaposes images of male and female farmers with more opulent depictions of

　　modern Los Angeles, 9 but underscoring the invaluable work of Mexican-American men and women in the

　　construction of the city.

　　Since the 1970s, Hernandez has exhibited additional forms of visual art beyond the mural work that characterized

　　much of her early career. In her recent pastel-on-paper series entitled “Adam and Eve,” Hernandez uses iconic

　　religious images to highlight the 10 unequal, gender relations in Chicano culture. Through works such as these,

　　Hernandez continues to provide a voice for Chicano 11 women. Highlighting the unique challenges that they face in

　　America every day.

　　1

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. artists who started

　　C. members who created and belonged to

　　D. creators who began

　　2

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. establishing

　　C. permitting

　　D. approving

　　3 Which choice most effectively establishes the central claim of the passage?

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. The Chicano Movement, also known as “El Movimiento,” began in the 1940s with the explicit goal of

　　empowering Mexican-Americans.

　　C. Judithe Hernandez was born to a progressive Mexican-American family in Los Angeles that encouraged her

　　involvement in the arts from an early age.

　　D. In the 1960s, Chicano art was often displayed as public murals intended to create a dialogue about the issues

　　faced by Mexican-Americans.

　　4 A. NO CHANGE

　　B. Movement, which was:

　　C. Movement—

　　D. Movement

　　5 The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the writer make this deletion?

　　A. Yes, because the topic of Chicano artists is irrelevant to the main idea of the paragraph.

　　B. Yes, because it provides information that is already present elsewhere in the passage.

　　C. No, because it helps to develop the main topic of the paragraph.

　　D. No, because it effectively transitions between the topics of male Chicano artists and female Chicano artists.

　　6 At this point, the writer wants to provide a transition that effectively links the topics of the second and third

　　paragraphs. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

　　A. As one of the first prominent US artists to depict the experiences of Mexican-American women, Judithe

　　Hernandez played a vital role in the Chicano art movement.

　　B. All of the members of “Los Four” were college-educated artists who served as activists and educators within the

　　Chicano movement.

　　C. Hernandez and Alvarez collaborated together on a number of public murals for the United Nations Farm

　　Workers and the Ramona Gardens Housing Project in East Los Angeles.

　　D. Chicano artists were heavily influenced by artists from the Mexican Mural Movement, particularly Diego Rivera.

　　7

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. is

　　C. was

　　D. have been

　　8 The writer wants to smoothly incorporate the mural’s title, “Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow,”

　　into the underlined sentence. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal? A. The mural portrays La Reina de Los Angeles (the patroness of the city) engaged with images of the past and

　　present, and the mural is entitled “Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow.”

　　B. The mural portrays La Reina de Los Angeles (the patroness of the city), and is entitled “Remembrances of

　　Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow,” while showing the patroness engaged with images of the past and present.

　　C. The mural, entitled “Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow,” portrays La Reina de Los Angeles

　　(the patroness of the city) engaging with images of the past and present.

　　D. The mural being entitled “Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow,” it portrays La Reina de Los

　　Angeles (the patroness of the city) engaging with images of the past and present.

　　9

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. also underscores

　　C. and still underscoring

　　D. underscoring

　　10

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. unequal; gender

　　C. unequal gender

　　D. unequal—gender

　　11

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. women, highlighting

　　C. women, she highlights

　　D. women. And highlighting

　　ABACC ACCDC B

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