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Director, Carlos Almaraz Estate.
ca. 1989, Los Angeles based independent curator, Chicano, PhD candidate, art historian, and occasional dilettante.
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💜 â˜źïž đŸ•Šïž Today I look back at an artwork mired by the trauma of an unnecessary war while witnessing the effects of another. Give peace a chance. Artwork: Jesse Treviño Mi Vida, 1971–73 Acrylic on drywall, mounted on aluminum Collection of Inez Cindy Gabriel #ChicanoArt #JesseTrevino by @rrmbarrientos
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💜 â˜źïž đŸ•Šïž Today I look back at an artwork mired by the trauma of an unnecessary war while witnessing the effects of another. Give peace a chance. Artwork: Jesse Treviño Mi Vida, 1971–73 Acrylic on drywall, mounted on aluminum Collection of Inez Cindy Gabriel #ChicanoArt #JesseTrevino by @rrmbarrientos
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💜 â˜źïž đŸ•Šïž Today I look back at an artwork mired by the trauma of an unnecessary war while witnessing the effects of another. Give peace a chance. Artwork: Jesse Treviño Mi Vida, 1971–73 Acrylic on drywall, mounted on aluminum Collection of Inez Cindy Gabriel #ChicanoArt #JesseTrevino by @rrmbarrientos
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đŸ„Ł đŸ„˜ Opening tonight!  Joey Terrill - Chisme y Memorias  The gallery’s second exhibition with Los Angeles–based artist Joey Terrill, in this new body of work, Terrill presents ten paintings that unfold as deeply personal narratives—part memoir, part social history—drawn from decades of lived experience within queer, Chicano, and artistic communities. As in his earlier work, Terrill’s practice remains rooted in autobiography, but here the tone is reflective and expansive, shaped by the artist’s recent milestone of turning seventy. The exhibition’s title, Chisme y Memorias, speaks to the intertwined nature of storytelling, gossip, remembrance, and community—an understanding that life itself is constructed through shared histories, relationships, and recollection. Two central themes run throughout the exhibition: the rituals, grief, and resilience surrounding the AIDS crisis, and the artist’s enduring relationships—particularly with women—across friendships, family, and creative collaborations. Terrill positions himself neither as hero nor victim, but as a witness navigating love, loss, joy, and personal reckoning. Marc Selwyn Fine Art  9953 S Santa Monica Blvd.  Beverly Hills, California  Opening reception 6 - 8 pm.  Artwork:  Joey Terrill Tamalada, 1999 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches 33 1/2 X 43 1/2 inches, framed Signed, titled, and dated, verso #MarcSelwynFineArt #JoeyTerrill #ChicanoArt taken in Marc Selwyn Fine Art by @rrmbarrientos
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đŸ„Ł đŸ„˜ Opening tonight!  Joey Terrill - Chisme y Memorias  The gallery’s second exhibition with Los Angeles–based artist Joey Terrill, in this new body of work, Terrill presents ten paintings that unfold as deeply personal narratives—part memoir, part social history—drawn from decades of lived experience within queer, Chicano, and artistic communities. As in his earlier work, Terrill’s practice remains rooted in autobiography, but here the tone is reflective and expansive, shaped by the artist’s recent milestone of turning seventy. The exhibition’s title, Chisme y Memorias, speaks to the intertwined nature of storytelling, gossip, remembrance, and community—an understanding that life itself is constructed through shared histories, relationships, and recollection. Two central themes run throughout the exhibition: the rituals, grief, and resilience surrounding the AIDS crisis, and the artist’s enduring relationships—particularly with women—across friendships, family, and creative collaborations. Terrill positions himself neither as hero nor victim, but as a witness navigating love, loss, joy, and personal reckoning. Marc Selwyn Fine Art  9953 S Santa Monica Blvd.  Beverly Hills, California  Opening reception 6 - 8 pm.  Artwork:  Joey Terrill Tamalada, 1999 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches 33 1/2 X 43 1/2 inches, framed Signed, titled, and dated, verso #MarcSelwynFineArt #JoeyTerrill #ChicanoArt taken in Marc Selwyn Fine Art by @rrmbarrientos
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đŸ„Ł đŸ„˜ Opening tonight!  Joey Terrill - Chisme y Memorias  The gallery’s second exhibition with Los Angeles–based artist Joey Terrill, in this new body of work, Terrill presents ten paintings that unfold as deeply personal narratives—part memoir, part social history—drawn from decades of lived experience within queer, Chicano, and artistic communities. As in his earlier work, Terrill’s practice remains rooted in autobiography, but here the tone is reflective and expansive, shaped by the artist’s recent milestone of turning seventy. The exhibition’s title, Chisme y Memorias, speaks to the intertwined nature of storytelling, gossip, remembrance, and community—an understanding that life itself is constructed through shared histories, relationships, and recollection. Two central themes run throughout the exhibition: the rituals, grief, and resilience surrounding the AIDS crisis, and the artist’s enduring relationships—particularly with women—across friendships, family, and creative collaborations. Terrill positions himself neither as hero nor victim, but as a witness navigating love, loss, joy, and personal reckoning. Marc Selwyn Fine Art  9953 S Santa Monica Blvd.  Beverly Hills, California  Opening reception 6 - 8 pm.  Artwork:  Joey Terrill Tamalada, 1999 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches 33 1/2 X 43 1/2 inches, framed Signed, titled, and dated, verso #MarcSelwynFineArt #JoeyTerrill #ChicanoArt taken in Marc Selwyn Fine Art by @rrmbarrientos
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Huge congratulations to Michael Govan and his teams at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on their crowning achievement, that is the construction and installation of the new David Geffen Galleries! We are honored and beyond thrilled to see Carlos Almaraz included in this inaugural installation! LACMA has been the site of many major milestones for Carlos, from his first institutional exhibition in 1974 as a member of Los Four, to his career retrospective in 2017, to today. Artwork: Crash in Phthalo Green, 1984 Oil on canvas 42 x 72 in. Gift of the 1992 Collectors Committee, AC1992.136.1 #LACMA #CarlosAlmaraz #ChicanoArt by @rrmbarrientos
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Huge congratulations to Michael Govan and his teams at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on their crowning achievement, that is the construction and installation of the new David Geffen Galleries! We are honored and beyond thrilled to see Carlos Almaraz included in this inaugural installation! LACMA has been the site of many major milestones for Carlos, from his first institutional exhibition in 1974 as a member of Los Four, to his career retrospective in 2017, to today. Artwork: Crash in Phthalo Green, 1984 Oil on canvas 42 x 72 in. Gift of the 1992 Collectors Committee, AC1992.136.1 #LACMA #CarlosAlmaraz #ChicanoArt taken in LACMA by @rrmbarrientos
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Huge congratulations to Michael Govan and his teams at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on their crowning achievement, that is the construction and installation of the new David Geffen Galleries! We are honored and beyond thrilled to see Carlos Almaraz included in this inaugural installation! LACMA has been the site of many major milestones for Carlos, from his first institutional exhibition in 1974 as a member of Los Four, to his career retrospective in 2017, to today. Artwork: Crash in Phthalo Green, 1984 Oil on canvas 42 x 72 in. Gift of the 1992 Collectors Committee, AC1992.136.1 #LACMA #CarlosAlmaraz #ChicanoArt taken in LACMA by @rrmbarrientos
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🐟 đŸš€ 🐠 Now on view at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York! A sketch for Frank Romero’s very first mural in the early 1970s, this study marks the beginning of the East L.A. mural movement. A point of discussion among the group of friends that would later become Los Four (Romero, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Magu” Lujan, and later Beto de la Rocha) was how best to appeal to and communicate with young people at that time. What they agreed upon was the power of graffiti and spray paint, a media with which they would experiment both individually and collectively. For the final mural with which this study relates Romero rolled on a ground layer of acrylic paint, adding on top of it spray painted nostalgic characters related to the L.A. Harbor and adjoining L.A. River. Artwork: Frank Romero Indiana Street Mural, Color Cartoon, Across the L.A. River, 1970 Signed botom left Gouache on paper IFPDA Print Fair Ruiz-Healy Art Booth #A19 #FrankRomero #RuizHealyArt #ChicanoArt taken in New York City by @rrmbarrientos
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🐟 đŸš€ 🐠 Now on view at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York! A sketch for Frank Romero’s very first mural in the early 1970s, this study marks the beginning of the East L.A. mural movement. A point of discussion among the group of friends that would later become Los Four (Romero, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Magu” Lujan, and later Beto de la Rocha) was how best to appeal to and communicate with young people at that time. What they agreed upon was the power of graffiti and spray paint, a media with which they would experiment both individually and collectively. For the final mural with which this study relates Romero rolled on a ground layer of acrylic paint, adding on top of it spray painted nostalgic characters related to the L.A. Harbor and adjoining L.A. River. Artwork: Frank Romero Indiana Street Mural, Color Cartoon, Across the L.A. River, 1970 Signed botom left Gouache on paper IFPDA Print Fair Ruiz-Healy Art Booth #A19 #FrankRomero #RuizHealyArt #ChicanoArt taken in New York City by @rrmbarrientos
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🐟 đŸš€ 🐠 Now on view at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York! A sketch for Frank Romero’s very first mural in the early 1970s, this study marks the beginning of the East L.A. mural movement. A point of discussion among the group of friends that would later become Los Four (Romero, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Magu” Lujan, and later Beto de la Rocha) was how best to appeal to and communicate with young people at that time. What they agreed upon was the power of graffiti and spray paint, a media with which they would experiment both individually and collectively. For the final mural with which this study relates Romero rolled on a ground layer of acrylic paint, adding on top of it spray painted nostalgic characters related to the L.A. Harbor and adjoining L.A. River. Artwork: Frank Romero Indiana Street Mural, Color Cartoon, Across the L.A. River, 1970 Signed botom left Gouache on paper IFPDA Print Fair Ruiz-Healy Art Booth #A19 #FrankRomero #RuizHealyArt #ChicanoArt taken in New York City by @rrmbarrientos
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