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Cultural Politics
Artbound
The Many Legacies of Regeneración
Post date:For over 100 years, the word regeneración has been a critical part of the political lexicon of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Chicanxs in Los Angeles. Learn more about its many iterations over the centuries.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Interactive: A Chicanx Artist's Point of View
Post date:An exhibition in Mexico City titled “Bridges in a Time of Walls: Chicano/Mexican-American Art from L.A. to Mexico,” is introducing Mexicans to Chicano and Mexican-American art across generations and practices. We spoke to four participating artists.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Rare Exhibit Brings Chicano Art to Mexico City
Post date:“Bridges in a Time of Walls: Mexican/Chicano Art from Los Angeles to Mexico” is a wide-ranging, multigenerational and rare exhibit of Chicano artwork in Mexico’s capital.
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PST: LA/LA
Artbound
Lowriders, Aliens and the Blending of L.A. and Latin America in the Work of Rubén Ortiz-Torres
Post date:Through Ruben Ortiz-Torres' own work over the past three decades, the artist has grappled with and celebrated themes of hybridity, identity and cultural transmission that weave through many of the exhibitions now on view on Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Portraits Reveal the Complexity of the Chicano Identity
Post date:Photographer Harry Gamboa Jr.'s latest exhibit at the Autry features nearly 100 portraits of Chicanos he believes represent the evolution of the term among Mexican-American men.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Photo essay: Chicano Redefined
Post date:In his long-running photo series, “Chicano Male Unbonded," photographer Harry Gamboa Jr. meant to counteract all the negative stereotypes that stem from the word "Chicano." Meet a few of his past subjects.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Art as Resistance: Chicano Artists in the Time of Trump
For these artists, paintings represent a political protest against President Donald Trump
Post date:Latino artists are turning to painting, photography and performance art as a way to protest President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
These Artists are Bringing to Light the 'Beauty, Struggle and Dignity' of the Latinx Community
Post date:Utilizing photography, and self-made zines as their primary method of distribution, this ensemble of artists are bringing to "light the beauty, struggle and dignity of" the Latinx community.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Photos of Latino Youth Resistance, From the 1960s to Today
Post date:Protest photographs bridge Latino youth cultures across space and time. They remind us that Chicano youth continue to not only speak out about injustice but thrive despite it.
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California Looking Forward
News & Analysis
Go Ahead. Build That Wall. Artists Are Waiting To Paint On It.
Post date:If things don’t go as planned and jobs don’t come to those who voted for Donald Trump, they may want to look to Chicano street artists who have always spoken up by writing on the walls.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Essay For An Ese: A Tribute to Chicano Artist José Montoya
Post date:José Montoya (1932–2013) captured the sentiments and struggles of the Chicano movement. His writings and drawings depicted zoot suiters, campesinos, pachucos and pachucas, revolutionaries, and everyday people that shared Chicano history.
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![Devon Tsuno, "Invasive Horticulture (Los Angeles River)," 2015. | Photo: Courtesy of the UCR Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Devon_Tsuno_Invasive_Horticulture.jpg?itok=i-xxVS-e "Devon Tsuno, "Invasive Horticulture (Los Angeles River)," 2015. | Photo: Courtesy of the UCR Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
How 1980s Aesthetics Influence Contemporary Artists Today
Post date:At exhibition "Second Wave," artists who were born and raised in the 1980s look to MTV, Saturday morning cartoons, and technology as influences.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Chicana/o Printmakers of 'Estampas de la Raza'
Post date:Prints from the late Richard Duardo, Lalo Alcaraz, Jaime GERMS Zacarias, and more Chicano artists will be on display at the Vincent Price Museum in East L.A.
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![Luis A. Jiménez Jr., "El Corazón Lowrider"](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/jimenez.jpg?itok=kBSzs34S "Luis A. Jiménez Jr., "El Corazón Lowrider"")
community arts
Artbound
The Chicana/o Printmakers of 'Estampas de la Raza'
Post date:Prints from the late Richard Duardo, Lalo Alcaraz, Jaime GERMS Zacarias, and more Chicano artists will be on display at the Vincent Price Museum in East L.A.
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!["Stay Sweet"](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Stay%2520Sweet.jpg?itok=8hdxDuYm ""Stay Sweet"")
Visual Arts
Artbound
Eye on the Street: The Visual Language of Daniel Gibson
Post date:L.A.-based artist's Daniel Gibson's artwork continues to be influenced by his upbringing in the remote deserts of Imperial Valley.
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![GERMS, "Pedometer," acrylic on wood, 24" x 16," 2012.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/gallery1_pedometer.jpg?itok=xbeeuKNP "GERMS, "Pedometer," acrylic on wood, 24" x 16," 2012.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Artbound Season 4 Episode 3 'East is Eden'
Post date:In this episode, Artbound investigates arts practices from communities east of Los Angeles, venturing from Lincoln Heights to San Bernardino.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Herman Sillas' Art and Activism
Post date:Chicano activist and attorney Herman Sillas' paintings are pictorial memoirs of a witness to social change in 1960s Chicano Los Angeles.
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!["Pay Me No Mind" by Fabian Debora, 2010, acrylic/canvas. | Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/BoomDebora1.jpg?itok=YeHVvM8e ""Pay Me No Mind" by Fabian Debora, 2010, acrylic/canvas. | Courtesy of the artist.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
Post date:Fabian Debora paints like many latter-day Chicano artists, employing visual irony to address wider themes only tangentially related to traditional barrio concerns.
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!["Gerardo Posing," oil on wood, glitter, Shizu Saldamando | Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/5.gerardo%2520shizu.jpg?itok=SFvEh0RJ ""Gerardo Posing," oil on wood, glitter, Shizu Saldamando | Courtesy of the artist.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Counter Cliché: The Asian and Latino Bi-Cultural Experience
Post date:Shizu Saldamando's portraits are heavily influenced by Chicano art sensibilities and her Japanese heritage. Her subjects aren't the cookie-cutter characters we see in popular culture, but real, breathing beings actively building their identity.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Portraits Among Friends
Post date:Shizu Saldamando's portraits of real, breathing beings actively building their identity are heavily influenced by Chicano art sensibilities and her Japanese heritage.