LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 2
Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Latinopia learned that Gaspar's inrterest in these photorealistic images arose when he … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART AMADO M. PEÑA JR. ON CON SAFOS
Amado M. Peña Jr. is a celebrated artist whose imagery pays homage to his Mexican and Yaqui ancestry with renderings of indigenous life and New Mexico landscapes. A native of Laredo, Texas, in the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ ON CON SAFOS
César Martínez is an accomplished San Antonio artist perhaps best known for his iconic pachuco and bato imagery. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the Con Safos art group. César recalls how he … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ AT BORDERLANDS
Latinopia Art César Martínez at Borderlands from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Icons and Symbols of the Borderlands is an art exhibit at the Centro de Artes Museum in San Antonio, Texas. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART JOHN VALADEZ
John Valadez is a pioneering artist and muralist renowned for his photo-realistic rendering of Chicano life in Southern California. His subject matter is marginalized people and he uses his … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART RUPERT GARCIA ON PUBLIC ART
Rupert Garcia is a San Francisco Bay Area artist known for the striking imagery of his silkscreens and posters. Latinopia asked Rupert how he came to silkscreening and discovered that silkscreening … [Read more...]
MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 5.24.15 “THE STRANGEST FRUIT”
"Texas trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood on the root, Brown bodies swingin' in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hangin' from the pecan trees." Adaptation of "Strange … [Read more...]