![]() ![]() The Chicano art movement arose in California in response to the political, cultural, and labor causes of the period. is a Los Angeles-focused selection of Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge, an exhibition of the Marin collection that toured nationally between 20. ![]() ![]() The exhibition, Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections from the Cheech Marin Collection, includes a number of widely-exhibited works by such first-generation Chicano artists as Carlos Almaraz, Margaret Garcia, Gilbert Magu Luján, Frank Romero, John Valadez, and Patssi Valdez, whose artistic careers began during the Chicano civil rights movement in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, as well as works by such younger artists as Vincent Valdez and David Flury. Marin, the entertainer well known for his work in movies, television, and stand-up comedy, has been collecting art for more than twenty years, and has amassed one of the largest private collections of Chicano art. LOS ANGELES.- Nearly fifty paintings by Los Angeles-based artists represented in Cheech Marin's noted collection of Chicano art will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), through November 2, 2008. ![]()
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