“Los
Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections
from the Cheech Marin Collection”
6/15/08 to 11/2/08
Do you remember those “Cheech & Chong” movies from the 70’s? (The 2 main characters would spend most of their time in a comic fog due to some mind altering plants they ingested.) Well, Cheech Marin, along with his movies and TV career – he played a cop on the “Nash Bridges” show – bought artwork from the Mexican, Mexican –American artists that he met in his travels.
His collection includes paintings from artists such as, Carlos Almaraz, Chaz Bojorquez, Diane Gamboa and others. On display are examples of the type of art that just exploded in Los Angeles, CA during the 80’s /90’s.
LACMA/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA – 323-857-6000
(Image – “Chino Latino”, acrylic on canvas Chaz Bojorquez , 2000)