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L.A. Xicano


A set of five interrelated exhibitions, L.A. Xicano explores the diverse artistic contributions of Mexican-descent artists since 1945. The exhibitions present hundreds of rarely seen paintings, sculptures, drawings, posters, murals, and photographs created by artists born from 1881 to 1983. Together, the five exhibitions provide the basis for a visual dialogue about Los Angeles and contemporary art.

Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation

Autry National Center – October 14, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Icons of the Invisible: Oscar Castillo

Fowler Museum at UCLA – September 25, 2011 – February 26, 2012

Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement

Fowler Museum at UCLA – October 16, 2011 February 26, 2012

Mural Remix: Sandra de la Loza

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – October 15, 2011 – January 22, 2012

Chican@s Collect: The Durón Family Collection

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library – September 22, 2011 –

December 9, 2011

Curated by Armando Durón

More than eighty artists are featured in the five exhibitions. The artists' names are listed here and in the L.A. Xicano press release.

A full-color catalog, L.A. Xicano, documents four of the exhibitions. A companion publication, The Pocho Research Society Field Guide to L.A.: Monuments and Murals of Erased and Invisible Histories, presents a wry commentary on the Chicano history of Los Angeles.

L.A. Xicano is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, which are coming together to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Initiated through grants from the Getty Foundation, Pacific Standard Time will take place for six months beginning October 2011. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America. L.A. Xicano is unique within this effort as a collaboration between a research center and three museums.

 

Project Team

Curators: Chon A. Noriega, Terezita Romo, Pilar Tompkins Rivas

Advisory Committe: Karen Mary Davalos, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Margarita Nieto, Reina Alejandra Prado, Sybil Venegas, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto

Research Team: C. Ondine Chavoya, Sandra de la Loza, Kathy Gallegos, Andrés Montoya, Raul Pacheco, Mirasol Riojas, Reyes Rodriguez, Arturo E. Romo-Santillano, and Ana Serrano

Research Assistance: Lizette Guerra, Allyson Unzicker, Christopher Anthony Velasco

 

Funders

Getty Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and California Community Foundation. Related support includes funding from The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, AltaMed Health Services Corporation, Entravision Communications Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, and individual donors.

A list of Pacific Standard Time sponors is available here.


Events and News

Video

Via YouTube

Installation of the Mural: The Birth of Our Art

Oscar Castillo and Harry Gamboa Jr. at the Fowler

Via Facebook

Metrópolis—PST: L.A. Xicano, produced by RTVE.es

L.A. Xicano: Undocumented Event #1, with Mobile Mural Lab

Media Coverage


Links

Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican American Generation

Pacific Standard Time: Art Along the Hyphen

Exhibitions Around the World

Icons of the Invisible: Oscar Castillo

Pacific Standard Time Icons of the Invisible

Exhibitions Around the World

Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement

Pacific Standard Time: Mapping Another L.A.

Exhibitions Around the World

Mural Remix: Sandra de La Loza

Pacific Standard Time: Mural Remix

Exhibitions Around the World