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6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts 0 More Next Blog» Create Blog La Bloga Las Blogueras Los Blogueros Click to email a writer. Denver CO • Pasadena CA • The San Fernando Valley CA • Eagle Rock CA • Lincoln NE • Glendale AZ • Santa Barbara CA • Lincoln Heights CA • Kansas City MO • Santa Monica CA La Bloga Archive Monday, June 19, 2017 Authors ▼ 2017 (129) A.E. Roman ▼ June 2017 (17) LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Aaron A. Abeyta Literary and Arts Aaron Michael Morales Pachangas News. Breaks Boundaries and Hearts Contraband Libro... Abelardo Lalo Delgado +1 Recommend this on Google LACMA’s Innovative Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. and Powerful Aldo Alvarez “HOME” Exhibit Bre... Alejandro Morales Songs After Memory Alex Espinosa Fractures: An Interview with Po... Alex Segura Alfredo Véa Microagression Girly Style Alicia Gaspar de Alba Is There Enough Alisa Valdes Chagall in Your Life? 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Mayo attend a preview of a truly innovative and powerful new art exhibit at the Los Angeles Carlos Nicolás Flores Los Angeles Public Library, Summer County Museum of Art (LACMA) titled, “HOME — So Different, So Appealing.” Carmen Amato Author Program Carmen Calatayud Alternative Facts Not This exhibition was organized by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, LACMA, On Exhibit. Gluten Carmen Lomas Garza free Chic... and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. It is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, which Carmen Tafolla So much is happening is certainly, to use the words of LACMA, “a far reaching and ambitious exploration of Charlie Vázquez at UCLA’s Chicano Studies Res... Latin America and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.” Christine Granados Live from the Core: Christopher Carmona Poetry and Wine Christopher Gonzalez tasting in Orc... Dagoberto Gilb Building Bridges not Walls Daniel Alarcón Daniel Cano ► May 2017 (24) Daniel Hernandez ► April 2017 (21) David Bowles http://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/06/lacmasinnovativeandpowerfulhome.html?m=0 1/6 6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts ► March 2017 (22) Denise Vega ► February 2017 (21) Désirée Zamorano ► January 2017 (24) Diana López Domingo Martinez ► 2016 (304) Eduardo C. Corral ► 2015 (351) Elizabeth Nunez ► 2014 (373) Emma Pérez ► 2013 (358) Emmy Pérez ► 2012 (364) Ernest Hogan ► 2011 (351) F. Isabel Campoy ► 2010 (362) Francisco Aragon ► 2009 (329) Francisco Jiménez ► 2008 (346) Francisco X. Alarcón Gary Soto ► 2007 (307) Gloria E. Anzaldúa ► 2006 (203) Guadalupe Garcia ► 2005 (174) McCall ► 2004 (14) Guillermo Luna Hector Tobar Ilan Stavans J.L. Torres James StevensArce Jesús Treviño Jim Lopez Jimmy Santiago Baca Joe Jiménez From left to right: John Rechy Mari Carmen Ramírez (Latin American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston); José Antonio Rodríguez Chon A. Noriega (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center); Pilar Tompkins Rivas (Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College) José Antonio Villarreal José Latour José Montoya This is LACMA’s official description of this new installation: José Pablo Iriarte “Organized in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, HOME — So Juan Felipe Herrera Judith Ortiz Cofer Different, So Appealing features U.S. Latino and Latin American artists from the late Junot Díaz 1950s to the present who have used the deceptively simple idea of 'home' as a powerful Kathleen Alcala lens through which to view the profound socioeconomic and political transformations in Kathy CanoMurillo the hemisphere. Spanning seven decades and covering art styles from Pop Art and Kermit Lopez Conceptualism to ‘anarchitecture’ and ‘autoconstrucción,’ the artists featured in this Linda Rodriguez show explore one of the most basic social concepts by which individuals, families, Lisa Alvarado nations, and regions understand themselves in relation to others. In the process, their liz gonzalez work also offers an alternative narrative of postwar and contemporary art.” Lorna Dee Cervantes Lucha Corpi The exhibit includes over 100 works by wellestablished artists such as Salomón Luis A. Lopez Huerta, Doris Salcedo, and Guillermo Kuitca. It also includes younger emerging artists Luis Alberto Urrea such as Carmen Argote and Camilo Ontiveros. Luis J. Rodriguez Lydia Gil I am not an art critic and I certainly do not have the appropriate vocabulary and Manuel Muñoz experience to adequately review this exhibit in the manner that Carolina A. Miranda of Manuel Ramos the Los Angeles Times did in this recent review. All I can offer are a few thoughts as María Amparo Escandón someone who grew up in a household that appreciated and honored Latinx art. Maria de Lourdes Victoria As I walked from room to room and spent time with the various works, I found myself Mario Acevedo feeling quite moved. One of the aspects I found so compelling was the artists’ use of Marisel Vera everyday images and structures to express an ambivalent connection to what we call Martin Limón “home.” This ambivalence arises from the often heartbreaking and perhaps Mary Helen Lagasse irreconcilable circumstances created by the crucibles of poverty, bigotry and/or the Matt De La Peña Latinx diaspora. Here are some of the works that I saw: Max Martinez Mayra Lazara Dole http://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/06/lacmasinnovativeandpowerfulhome.html?m=0 2/6 6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts Meg Medina Melinda Palacio Michael JaimeBecerra Michael Nava Michele Martinez Miguel Algarin Monica Brown Montserrat Fontes Nash Candelaria Nina Marie Martinez Norma Elia Cantú Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Pablo Baker Paco Ignacio Taibo II Pat Mora “Untitled” (North) Patricia Santos By Felix GonzalezTorres Marcantonio Paul Martinez Pompa R. Narvaez Raúl Sánchez René Colato Laínez Reyes Cardenas Reyna Grande Ricardo Sánchez Rigoberto Gonzalez Roberto Cantú Rolando Hinojosa Ron Arias Ronald L. Ruiz Rosemary Catacalos Rudolfo Anaya Rudy Ch. Garcia S. Ramos O'Briant Sabrina Vourvoulias Sam Quinones Sandra María Esteves Sarah Cortez Sarah Rafael García Sergio Troncoso Severo Perez Sherman Alexie Sheryl Luna Silvia MorenoGarcia Sonia Nazario “Temporary Storage: The Belongings of Juan Manuel Montes” Spencer Herrera By Camilo Ontiveros Stella Pope Duarte Stephanie Elizondo Griest Stephen D. Gutierrez tatiana de la tierra Tim Z. Hernandez Victor Villaseñor William Nericcio Xánath Caraza Yuyi Morales Yxta Maya Murray Otras http://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/06/lacmasinnovativeandpowerfulhome.html?m=0 3/6 6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts Amoxcalli California Poet Cervantes / Denver KUVO Laila Lalami Latino Stories Los Bloguitos Mujeres Talk New Short Fiction Series spoken word Read! Raza The Elegant Variation Tongue and Groove L.A. “Untitled House” By Salomón Huerta Photograph of one of the exhibit rooms. http://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/06/lacmasinnovativeandpowerfulhome.html?m=0 4/6 6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts Buenos Aires Polyptych By Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha Juanito Goes to the City By Anonio Berni I had the opportunity to speak with one of the artists, Carmen Argote (pictured immediately below), whose work is titled “720 Sq. Ft. Household Mutations” and consists of the actual carpet torn from her childhood home. It contains every mark and stain that is part of her family’s story and history. Of course, her family’s collective lives amount to more than this bit of carpet, but it was the stage for her family’s struggles as well as joyous occasions. She marveled at how small it looked as displayed in the gallery space. http://labloga.blogspot.com/2017/06/lacmasinnovativeandpowerfulhome.html?m=0 5/6 6/20/2017 La Bloga: LACMA’s Innovative and Powerful “HOME” Exhibit Breaks Boundaries and Hearts In any event, I strongly commend this innovative and powerful exhibit to you. The few photographs I share here cannot fully capture the depth, intelligence, and heart that you will experience in person. The exhibit started its run on June 11 and will continue to October 15, 2017. For further information on this and other LACMA exhibits, please visit LACMA's website. LACMA is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Posted by Daniel A. Olivas at 12:01 AM Labels: art, LACMA, Latin American, Latinx, UCLA No comments: Post a Comment Links to this post Create a Link Newer Post Home Older Post View mobile version Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) © Each respective author. All rights reserved. Watermark theme. 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