Mel Casas American, 1929-2014
Humanscape 47: Still Life, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 96 in
182.8 x 243.8 cm
182.8 x 243.8 cm
Exhibitions
Mel Casas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX; curator: June Mattingly, 1988 (catalogue)Mel Casas: Humanscapes, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston; curator Santos Martinez Jr., Houston, Texas, 1976
Literature
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)
Publications
Cordova, Ruben C.. “Mel Casas and Luis Jimenez: Two Chicano Trailblazers from Texas.” Sixties Surreal. New Haven: Yale, 2025, p. 267
Cordova, Ruben C.. Born of Resistance: Cara a Cara Encounters with Chicana/o Visual Culture. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2015, p. 175, 176 (illustrated)
Kelker, Nancy. Mel Casas: Artist as Cultural Adjuster. Lascassas: Highship Press, 2014, p. 42 (illustrated)
Hickey, David. Mel Casas, Austin: Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1988, p. 16 (illustrated)