While America’s prison system has always been cruel and ... these artists is how critical their work is and has been to Chicano art more broadly. It is an art form that informs artworks by ...

Chicano art is always evolving ... also known as “paños.” “It was a prison thing. They’d get them in prison and draw on them and send them home. They’d wear them or hang them out ...

The black-and-white drawing depicts a kitchen table surrounded by the words "Chicano art" and other floating text amid a frenzy of mugs that seem to tip over but never fall, a bag of coffee ...