Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  La Voz de la Frontera

  title La Voz de la Frontera 

  description Lithograph on paper, 31 in. x 37 in. Flatbed Press, Austin, TX. Luis Jiménez (1940 – 2006) was an El Paso, Texas native, best known for his large-scale, brightly colored sculptures immersed in the Chicano iconography of Texas and New Mexico. Jiménez studied art and architecture at The University of Texas in Austin and in El Paso. He eventually traveled to Mexico to study with the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and he was also influenced by regionalists Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. After completing school, he went to work for his father making neon signs and car decals. In 1966, Jiménez moved to New York and joined the Pop Art scene, making painted fiberglass figurative works inspired by the everyday lives of Latinos living in the Southwest. His work shows his concern for working-class people and those who have suffered from discrimination. Jiménez was and remains respected in Latino communities for his perspective and narrative of the culture of Mexico and the Southwest. His artwork emulates popular Cholo car culture, demonstrated in his use of fiberglass, spray paint, and imagery consisting of Aztec emperors, border crossing, and vaqueros riding wild broncos. His works are in the collections of the Albuquerque Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the El Paso Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among others. 

  artist/creator Jiménez, Luis 

  subject Borderlands  Frontera  Radios  Radio programs  Music  Lithographs  Prints  Life and Experiences in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (exhibition) 

  contributor Mexic-Arte Museum (MAM) 

• Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio: Jeffrey Vallance

  title Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio: Jeffrey Vallance 

  description Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art  Radio news and arts program "The Lounge" hosted by Dirk Sutro.  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This sound recording was extracted from a CD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 254, CD 00-70)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Vallance, Jeffrey 

  subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)  Vallance, Jeffrey (American Sculptor And Painter, Born 1955)  Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321  Artists  Interviews  Border Art  Sound Recordings  Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994  Radio Programs  Insite2000 

  contributor Calisphere 

• Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio

  title Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio 

  description Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art  Radio news program "These Days". Host Dan Irwin interviews Kim Adams, Michael Krichman, Lorna Simpson and Thomas Glassford about their participation in inSITE97.  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This sound recording was extracted from a CD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 254, CD 97-29)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Unknown 

  subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)  Irwin, Dan (American Broadcaster)  Adams, Kim (Canadian Sculptor, Born 1951)  Interviews  San Diego (Calif.)  Sound Recordings  Mexican-American Border Region  Simpson, Lorna (American Photographer And Installation Artist, Born 1960)  Glassford, Thomas (American Installation And Video Artist, Born 1963)  Insite97  Krichman, Michael  Radio Programs  Border Art 

  contributor Calisphere