http://artdirect.com/california/la/new/laguna (World Wide Web Directory, 06/1995)
Alex Doris
Chicano symbolism, American pop culture, elements of contemporary urban life and Catholic iconography all serve as inspiration for the mostly Mexican American and Latino artists working with Self-Help Graphics in Los Angeles. This atelier provides a unique teaching forum, making available printing presses, materials and expertise, thereby giving many artists an important stepping stone in the development of their art. The results are a vibrant, highly charged and emotional collection of silkscreen prints that stretch cultural definition. This exhibition of 74 prints is drawn from the Laguna Art Museum's collection of 170 serigraphs, the largest collection of Chicano prints held by a public institution in the country. The bilingual catalog that accompanies the exhibition includes an essay by Margarita Nieto, Ph.D., one of California's preeminent scholars on Chicano art. (Through June 18)
Joseph Kleitsch
Also at on the walls at Laguna Southern California Impressionism and Industrialism: and William Wendt. (Through October 8, closed for reinstallation June 19-21)