Object Details
- Artist
- Carlos Almaraz, born Mexico City, Mexico 1941-died Los Angeles, CA 1989
- 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
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gloria Werner
- Copyright
- © 1988, Carlos Almaraz Estate
- 1988
- Object number
- 2011.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm) framed
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Cityscape\time\night
- Figure\nude
- Record ID
- saam_2011.12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7130a696d-2e61-405a-98a6-e32773904b30
