LOS FOUR.

November 9, 2009
1970s, Books, Color, Graphics, The West

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I am going nuts over this 1973 exhibition catalog Los Four: Almaraz/de la Rocha/Lujan/Romero at UC Irvine and LACMA. The lined collage layout, roaming color blends and wordless spreads—speaks powerfully!

from Smithsonian, Their collaborative murals and public installations brought Chicano street art to the attention of the mainstream art community of Los Angeles. Theirs was the first Chicano exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, for which Romero designed the foldout catalog.

via Smithsonian Archives of American Art


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3 Responses to “LOS FOUR.”

  1. Matt C
    on November 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Love those spreads. Wish we had a press.

    Dude #2 — MLJ dead ringer.

  2. KellyR
    on November 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Little known fact : de la Rocha of Los Four is Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine’s father.

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