With work that encompasses a more than 50-year career inspired by Los Angeles’ cultural landscape, renowned Chicano artist Frank Romero is getting his very first museum retrospective exhibition in Long Beach.
The Museum of Latin American Art opens “Dreamland: A Frank Romero Retrospective,” which opens today and runs through May 21. It also marks the first solo exhibition of a Chicano artist at the 628 Alamitos Ave. venue.
The exhibition opens to the public with a free “Retro Festival” at the museum, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The exhibition will feature more than 200 works of art, including paintings, murals, political art and recent neon and ceramic pieces by the artist.
The East Lost Angeles native, born in 1941, is widely considered as one of L.A.’s most iconic artists. He has used his fascination with the city to look at the Chicano and broader Latin American experience through the lens of pop culture.
“Seeing Frank’s works in the same place, you really get the picture. He’s one of the great Chicano painters, and I like watching his levity,” said noted art collector and actor Cheech Marin, in a statement released by the museum.
“He has a great sense of humor and he can really manipulate paint. It’s like a musician who knows how to play … he’s not counting anymore, he knows exactly what he’s doing, and his art unfolds just like that. It’s amazing to watch.”
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