Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper from the Collection of Cheech Marin
El Paso Museum of Art, Dede Rogers Gallery
February 16 - June 17
This exhibition from major Chicano art collector Cheech Marin, Papel Chicano Dos features 65 works on paper by 24 established and evolving artists. Watercolors, pastels, aquatints, and mixed-media artworks signify the evolution of a collection as they also reimagine the ideas and struggles of the Chicano movement. Diverse, colorful, and iconic, the artworks in Papel Chicano Dos showcase practices ranging from the realism of Texas artists Gaspar Enriquez and Vincent Valdez to the expressionism of Californians Sonya Fe and Frank Romero. Prominent Chicano artists Diane Gamboa, Leo Limón, and Glugio “Gronk” Nicondra, and artists selected by Marin for the exhibition such as Carlos Almaraz and Carlos Donjuan bring a multifaceted view of the Chicano experience as well as present social issues relevant to all communities. Utilizing unique and traditional practices of portraiture, and varied viewpoints incorporating urban culture and images from a range of historical sources, these artists move Chicano art from marginalized to mainstream.
Funding for Papel Chicano Dos is provided by lead sponsor CommUNITY en Acción. Thank you to CEA and Castro Enterprises, Inc., Bravo Cadillac, Hunt Companies, The Hospitals of Providence, Sierra Machinery, and WestStar Bank for your generous support.
“CommUNITY en Acción is comprised of community business and civic leaders who strive to make a positive change for our community by promoting the culture, education, and economic well-being of all our Latino Community. Once again, we are proud to bring Mr. Marin’s collection to El Paso and be the lead sponsor for this exhibition.” - J. Xavier Bañales, Chair, CommUNITY en Acción
Additional support is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Shiloff Family Foundation.
Take a close look a painting, noting the details of the brushstrokes, lines, colors, shadings, shadows, and shapes. Choose one painting and record the details.
Title
Artist
Date of Painting
Brushstrokes
Lines
Colors
Shadings
Perspective (Where is the focal point?)
What is in the background?
What is the subject of the painting?
Where is the focal point?
What is the message the artist is conveying?
Move close again, and recheck your observations. View once again from a distance. Now stand back and view the painting from a different perspective, view, record what you see with the above steps
*from Read, Write, Think
After viewing the exhibit, you will select a piece of art that was meaningful to you. You may write a narrative story or narrative poem that conveys the piece.