The excitement of the moment begins at the door with Raoul De La Sota’s painting of cactus pencas.
Hugely magnified and rendered in fanciful warm colors, the canvas evokes Rousseau’s “Magical Kingdom”.
Turning left into the main gallery, the visitor will be welcomed by the curator, who will nudge the visitor
to take in the vendor’s cart, and photographer Oscar Castillo’s tribute to Frida.

Below, Joe Bravo and Serge Hernandez look on as Magu invites the
new arrivals to grab a plate for the buffet.
Later, Oscar will tell Diane Hernandez
she is the subject of the first multiple image Oscar printed,
back at Cal State Northridge in the 70s.
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A fin refin that couldn't be beat!

Cloud over Elysian Park, Photo by Gilbert Ortiz. Mario Trillo & CeCe. |

A perennial chicana chicano theme,
la Virgen de Guadalupe’s familiar cloak covers the muscled black of a Pacoima loyalist.
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Reyes Rodriguez abstract, left. Armando Baeza bronze, center.
Pola Lopez, right. |
Pola Lopez' large canvas offers a delight of color.
Eight manifestations of la mujer and one diosa
decorate a luciously red-orange huipil.
A phallic cactus thrusts out of the collar.
It’s interesting to compare Lopez’ manifestations
of the virgin with Sculptor Robert Graham's
bronze door to Los Angeles’ new cathedral
using a multitude of virgins in much the same manner. |
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Conjunto Los Pochos had the crowd tapping their toes. Left, Joe Bravo tortilla art; center, Martin Charlot mural featuring a young Arnold Schwartzeneggar lower right, Magu, lower left. Right, portrait by Neri Lemus.
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A little boy gets caught up in the joyous music .
He pulls the bellows and sounds his first note.
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Sculptor Armando Baeza is a WWII veteran. His small and medium sized bronzes attract admirers wherever Baeza shows his work.

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A photograph is not enough when an admirer falls in love with Apache Dancer, or Emerging Power, below.
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Jaime "Germs" Zacarias
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Mario Trillo 's usual medium is polaroid photo transfer.
Taking up the Diversity them, Trillo builds a shrine to upward mobility.
The bottom rung of the ladder features a beat up old huarache.
The second rung a clean white Nike sneaker.
The top rung sports a spit-shined black lace-up shoe. At the top of the ladder the U.S. flag.
The umbrella sports corporate logos Pepsi, McDonalds, Union Oil Co. |