----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- What's Not To Love? A Tribute To The Wicked Satire of Latino Arte:: Opening
Saturday, October 8 - Nov 5 7:00pm-10:30pm FREE ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- From October 8 to November, Galería de la Raza will present the last of its 35th anniversary visual arts exhibitions, What's Not to Love?. Galería's 35th anniversary exhibitions have focused on those practices and concepts that have been central to Chicano/Latino art- making across generations. The first exhibit, Weedee Peepo, showcased artworks that honored individuals in the context of community life - from cultural and political leaders to everyday folks whose very existence inspire the evolving process of cultural affirmation and survival. The second exhibition, Trazos: Myth and Memory, delved into the repertoire of images in Chicano/Latino art that reassert the historical past while persistently endowing them with new cultural meaning. What's Not to Love? completes the series with fresh expressions of humor. The works encompass a wide range of practices spanning the whimsy of images created by free-association and incongruous analogy as well as the wry humor of political satire, irony and parody. Leading Chicano/Latino artists, such as Lalo Alcaraz, the creator of La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated politically themed Latino daily comic strip, Enrique Chagoya, Culture Clash, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Isis Rodriguez, and members of the legendary Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) are among the twenty-four artists included in the show. The title, What's Not To Love?, is itself a play on the themes that make their entry into the doorsteps of 2857 almost every day. Themes range from the parodying of media misrepresentations of Latino culture, to the distortion and appropriation of stereotypes; from the cannibalization of culture, politics, religion, gender and sexuality, to the humor of self-deprecation rooted in the permanent cultural identity crisis experienced by individuals caught in the cracks of the American melting pot. Visual humor serves both as diversion and device to spark consciousness. T.S. Eliot describes it as a "way of saying something serious." In this vein, many of the visual humorists participating in What's Not to Love? offer sweet and sour witticisms to deal with cultural, social and political issues, while others simply subvert the seriousness of daily life. Ultimately, humor is never as complete as when it engages a viewer's active imagination and What's Not to Love? is an invitation to Latino art's relentless use of humor as divine device. As the pinto motto goes "Smile now, cry later". Orale! Participating Artists: Lalo Alcaraz, Roberto Buitron, Enrique Chagoya, Culture Clash, Jaime Cortez, Rudy Cuellar, Fulana, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Keep on Crossin', John Leaños, Liz Lerma, Noelia Mendoza, José Montoya, Victor Payan, Gerardo Perez, Praba Pilar, Seline Szkupinski Quiroga, Isis Rodriguez, Jos Sances, Gustavo Vazquez, Esteban Villa, Conchita Villalba, and René Yañez. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Galeria de la Raza 2857 24th St. San Francisco 415-826-8009 http://www.galeriadelaraza.org ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-826-8009 http://www.galeriadelaraza.org ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small businesses Copyright (c) 2005 Laughing Squid. All rights reserved.
