MOLAA: New Exhibition Captures Tradition in Southern California Landscape Painting
On September 19th the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach (MOLAA) unveils a regional aesthetic of landscape painting, focusing on Southern California artists. “Somewhere Over El Arco Iris” presents works from the Chicano Movement, while simultaneously contrasting these works with modern-day street artists Man One, Vyal Reyes, and Johnny KMDZ Martinez. Coincidentally, “Somewhere…
The Olympic Freeway Murals: Celebrating 30 Years
It’s been thirty years since the Los Angeles Olympics. There have been earthquakes, riots, floods and fires; mountain lions and and bears have come down from the hills, buildings have gone up, landmarks have been torn down. And the Olympic murals–designed and painted in 1984 to celebrate the city, the Olympics and the athletes–have come…