This Latino is creating art to spotlight abortion rights movement, spur dialogue
Mexican American artist Alfredo Ponce, focused on Latino themes and images resembling Mexican Lotería cards, focused on abortion rights in recent art on Instagram.
Mexican American artist Alfredo Ponce said the news of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade hit him hard.
The day of the ruling, the Sanger, California, resident sat with his wife, who is an OB-GYN, “trying to process this whole thing and what the women’s rights and reproductive health services is going to look for women moving forward,” he told NBC News.
Known to his thousands of followers on Instagram as Pholk Giant, Ponce has been drawing attention for his colorful digital art focusing on Latino themes and issues.
Largely inspired by Lotería, a Mexican bingo-style game that uses colorful images to replace bingo balls, his art style and the pieces he creates resemble the game’s cards.
Four of Ponce’s art pieces about essential workers during the Covid pandemic have been acquired by the Library of Congress.
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