The Vibrant History of Lowrider Car Culture in L.A. | Smithsonian
2021年5月5日 · The Chicano Movement also involved the rediscovery of pro-pueblo imagery by artists such as Diego Rivera—imagery including flowers, warriors and geometric designs that borrowed heavily from...
The history of lowrider culture and its multigenerational reach
2024年3月18日 · In the mid-twentieth century in Southern California, colorful painted classic cars would cruise the boulevards. From Cadillac El Dorados to Chevy Impalas, these lowriders were rolling art ...
Making the Jalopy an Ethnic Banner; How the Lowrider Evolved …
2000年2月19日 · While some of the more renowned lowrider artists have had brushes with the law, lowrider clubs and shops are frequently family-oriented and consciously seek to wean Chicano youths from the...
'I haven't seen any murals like this': Art pays homage to Chicano ...
2022年2月3日 · A lowrider car club in San Diego is memorializing its history by creating a mural in Chicano Park, a national and Mexican American cultural landmark. The Brown Image Car Club, founded in 1970...
An Art-History of Lowriders - ArtReview
2024年3月19日 · However, Sitting on Chrome’s boldness, nostalgia, authenticity and fun are a testament to Chicano culture’s resilience and creative prosperity. In their 2020 paper, scholars Alejandro Gradilla and Juan José Bustamante argue that the lowrider can be understood as a site of resistance to ‘contest cultural exclusion from white art spaces’.
Meet Jacqueline Valenzuela, the Chicana Changing Lowrider
2024年4月15日 · Valenzuela is a Chicana East LA native who has been immersed in the world of lowrider culture for years. Not just that, she has made a point to use her art to shed light on underrepresented...
Chicano art movement - Wikipedia
The Chicano Art Movement represents groundbreaking movements by Mexican-American artists to establish a unique artistic identity in the United States. Much of the art and the artists creating Chicano Art were heavily influenced by Chicano Movement …
Museum exhibits lowrider cars, the artwork they’ve inspired
2017年7月4日 · It’s a genre Sandoval hopes to expose to a wider audience through “The High Art of Riding Low,” a wide-ranging exhibition of lowrider-inspired fine art including paintings, sculptures, serigraphs, photographs, drawings and, of course, automobiles created by the world’s most accomplished Chicano artists.
The High Art of Riding Low - California State University, Northridge
This show examines the diversity and complexity with which 50 artists visualize, celebrate, and interrogate the lowrider car through vehicles, paintings, sculptures, and site-specific installations. The lowrider car (ranfla) inspires many artists, but it is especially celebrated by Chicana/o artists throughout the Southwest.
Lowriders in Chicano Culture: From Low to Slow to Show
2011年7月22日 · This informed and accessible book captures the art, energy, passion, and pageantry of over 60 years of lowrider culture—an absolutely iconic Chicano and American phenomenon. Much like rap...