Object Details
- Artist
- Oscar R. Castillo, born El Paso, TX 1945
- Exhibition Label
- Castillo’s photographs reveal how Chicanos transformed the urban landscape of Los Angeles. ’47 Chevy in Wilmington, California shows a local market whose façade is peppered with references to Mexican foods. Parked outside is a vintage lowrider, a major signifier of Chicano urban culture. Méchicano Art Center Mural at Echo Park Lake records artists painting an outdoor mural that suggests a pyramid. Castillo’s photograph shows how artists painting an outdoor mural that suggests a pyramid. Castillo’s photograph shows how artists inserted indigenous references into their environment and allowed their urban interventions to coexist with graffiti, another public form of Chicano cultural expression.
- Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Copyright
- © 2012, Oscar R. Castillo
- 1972, printed 2012
- Object number
- 2013.51.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- inkjet print
- Dimensions
- image: 13 3/8 x 20 in. (34.0 x 50.8 cm) sheet: 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Travel\land\automobile
- Cityscape\California\Wilmington
- Record ID
- saam_2013.51.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7090a3cd4-445c-4611-ab80-28a75eaf8829
