Mel Casas American, 1929-2014
182.8 x 243.8 cm
Exhibitions
Mel Casas: Human, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas; curator: Bianca Alvarez, September 20- January 6, 2018, p. 4 (illustrated)Literature
Silva, Eda. “4 exhibits showcase Chicano painter Casas.” My SA Sunday, June 14, 2015, p. 13 (illustrated)
San Antonio Current Staff. “21 Paintings From 'Getting the Big Picture: Mel Casas and the Politics of the 1960s and 1970s' At Galería Guadalupe.” San Antonio Current, August 20, 2015 (illustrated)
Lopez, Mia. “In San Antonio, a Chicano Painter Who Paired Pop Art with Pointed Politics.” Hyperallergic, October 19, 2015 (illustrated)
Aquino, Marco. “Mel Casas Retrospective to open at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.” San Antonio Report, June 3, 2015
Publications
Cordova, Ruben C.. Born of Resistance: Cara a Cara Encounters with Chicana/o Visual Culture.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2015, p. 174
Kelker, Nancy. Mel Casas: Artist as Cultural Adjuster. Lascassas: Highship Press, 2014, p. 69 (illustrated)
Vicario, Gilbert. “Xicanx Pop Configuration.” Xican-a.o.x. Body. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2024, p. 64
