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Monday, April 9, 2018

Chicano/Mexican-American Artists and their benefactors

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin teams up with city of Riverside and Riverside Art Museum to develop Chicano art center

Photo credit CBS News




Carmen Lomas Garza




photo credit Smithsonian Museum
More of her work at her website carmenlomasgarza.com


Carlos Almarez (claimed by AIDS in 1989)



Chicano Art Icon Carlos Almaraz Was the Ultimate Shapeshifter


Magic Green Stage, 1982

Echo Park Bridge at Night, 1989

Martín Ramírez

Self-taught artist, confined to a state mental hospital for the last 15 years of his life, diagnosed with catatonic schizophrenia.




Three VW Vans






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