Carlos Almaraz, born Mexico City, Mexico 1941-died Los Angeles, CA 1989 Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm) framed
Type:
Painting
Date:
1988
Exhibition Label:
Almaraz was a pioneering Chicano artist who produced art for the United Farm Workers Union and cofounded Los Four, one of the earliest Chicano collectives. A later shift to expressionistic painting and graphics brought him national recognition. By the 1980s, his non-narrative images of Los Angeles addressed both his cultural affiliations and sense of isolation with living with AIDS. Night Magic (Blue Jester), inspired by velvet paintings sold on the U.S.-Mexico border, represents urban Los Angeles exploding with sensuous colors and populated by shadows suggestive of Almaraz’s lonely alter egos.
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
