On the floor of the California desert, just inches away from a small pool of water, a nude Laura Aguilar reclines on her side. Her breasts are almost stacked one on top of the other—crevassed between her chin and large belly....
Victoria. Venceremos. Uruguay. Margarita Paksa obliterates these words in her distinctive glass-framed works at the Hammer Museum’s “Radical Women: Latin Americ...
An inflated Statue of Liberty stands tall, green and mannequin-faced, outside the Oceanside Museum of Art in San Diego, where a Colonia Libertad Consulate offic...
Cobalt, turquoise and aqua-colored inflatable lifesavers of various sizes, strapped together with plastic ties, dominate the entrance of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach. Upon close inspection, the tubes are marked by JFK airport luggage tags with a smudged image of a seemingly armless Statue of Liberty next to the bar codes....
The Caribbean islands are environmentally vulnerable territories where the history of colonialism is a living legacy. A recently opened exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach confronts these issues in the works of 80 contemporary artists from 13 countries in the Caribbean and its diasporas....
My hometown was built on top of a graveyard for horses—at least that’s what Megan Martin’s parents told her and she, in turn, told us. Even if it wasn’t true, it kept our imaginations alight at the prospect of what lay beneath the split-levels and strip malls. For awhile, the closest thing to majesty remained underground, and we weren’t even sure of its existence....
Self Help Graphics spokesperson, Jennifer Cuevas, and associate director, Betty Avila, ahead of the East L.A. art center’s VIP opening for their PST-affiliated show: Día De Los Muertos: A Cultural Legacy, Past, Present and Future.
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