![]() But what I didn’t care about was the incredible machismo. The idea of separating yourself from the men was undermining the movement. Sheila came to me and said, do we want to do a show that is inclusive of women of color? At the time, women weren’t showing separately from the men. It featured work by Baca, Isabel Castro, Judithe Hernandez, Olga Muñiz and Josefina Quezada. “Las Chicanas: Venas de la Mujer” now is thought to be the first all-Chicana art exhibition in Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() Baca is known as a muralist, but this early conceptual work emerged from a show that the Woman’s Building co-founder Sheila de Bretteville invited her to organize for the space in 1976. The MOLAA retrospective features portraits of Baca dressed as a pachuca, pouting and snarling with ruby red lips and teased-out hair - images captured by SPARC co-founder Deitch, a photographer and filmmaker.
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