Visual arts thumb|200x200px|Digital recreation of the face of Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Anthropologist Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (2021). thumb|Retablo final by Francisco Díaz de León, 1928 Drawing on the significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chicano culture, many Chicano artists revere her image and visually reimagine the religious figure within a feminist and contemporary context.Lara, Irene. 2008. “Tonanlupanisma: Re-Membering Tonantzin-Guadalupe in Chicana Visual Art.” Aztlán 33(2): 61–90.Román-Odio, Clara. Sacred Iconographies in Chicana Cultural Productions. 1st ed. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Print.Pérez, Laura Elisa. Chicana Art : the Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. Print. More than just a religious symbol, Chicano artists view Our Lady of Guadalupe as an empowering feminist icon and a proclamation of Indigenous pride. However, these re-envisioned artworks have not been without controversy, as many artists have faced intense backlash from Catholic groups who view these artworks as "disrespectful and irreverent". One of the most famous controversies was sparked by Alma López's Our Lady digital collage, which later led to a book titled Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López's Irreverent Apparition.Gaspar de Alba, Alicia, Alma López, and Alma Lopez. 2011. Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López's Irreverent Apparition. Austin: University of Texas Press. Despite this, Chicano artists such as Yolanda López, Alma López, Margarita 'Mita' Cuaron, Ester Hernández, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, among others, have used Our Lady of Guadalupe's portrait to explore themes of repression, feminine strength, and to uplift women.Blackwell, Maylei. “WOMEN WHO MAKE THEIR OWN WORLDS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ESTER HERNÁNDEZ.” Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era, edited by Dionne Espinoza et al., University of Texas Press, 2018, pp. 138–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/315583.11 .LaDuke, Betty. “Yolanda Lopez: Breaking Chicana Stereotypes.” Feminist Studies 20, no. 1 (1994): 117–30. .
Visual arts thumb|200x200px|Digital recreation of the face of Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Anthropologist Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (2021). thumb|Retablo final by Francisco Díaz de León, 1928 Drawing on the significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chicano culture, many Chicano artists revere her image and visually reimagine the religious figure within a feminist and contemporary context.Lara, Irene. 2008. “Tonanlupanisma: Re-Membering Tonantzin-Guadalupe in Chicana Visual Art.” Aztlán 33(2): 61–90.Román-Odio, Clara. Sacred Iconographies in Chicana Cultural Productions. 1st ed. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Print.Pérez, Laura Elisa. Chicana Art : the Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. Print. More than just a religious symbol, Chicano artists view Our Lady of Guadalupe as an empowering feminist icon and a proclamation of Indigenous pride. However, these re-envisioned artworks have not been without controversy, as many artists have faced intense backlash from Catholic groups who view these artworks as "disrespectful and irreverent". One of the most famous controversies was sparked by Alma López's Our Lady digital collage, which later led to a book titled Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López's Irreverent Apparition.Gaspar de Alba, Alicia, Alma López, and Alma Lopez. 2011. Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López's Irreverent Apparition. Austin: University of Texas Press. Despite this, Chicano artists such as Yolanda López, Alma López, Margarita 'Mita' Cuaron, Ester Hernández, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, among others, have used Our Lady of Guadalupe's portrait to explore themes of repression, feminine strength, and to uplift women.Blackwell, Maylei. “WOMEN WHO MAKE THEIR OWN WORLDS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ESTER HERNÁNDEZ.” Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era, edited by Dionne Espinoza et al., University of Texas Press, 2018, pp. 138–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/315583.11 .LaDuke, Betty. “Yolanda Lopez: Breaking Chicana Stereotypes.” Feminist Studies 20 no. 1 (1994): 117–30. .