'Cholos, White Fence, East L.A.', (1986). Graciela Iburtide. Silver Gelatin Print
20 x 24 inch
50.8 x 60.96 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery. Copyright All Rights Reserved.
‘White Fence, Los Cholos’ by Graciela Iturbide @ Rose Gallery
The coquettish enclave of new Americans, tucked beneath asphalt and cement stained by the long day of California sunshine; when uncovered, reveals the honor of intimacy.
That centering of universal experience, of privacy, of family, invites a warmth to what otherwise would be off-putting in a pero-comida-pero-mundo.
‘Rosario, White Fence Gang, East L.A., Estados Unidos’, (1986). Graciela Iburtide.
Silver Gelatin Print
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery. All Rights Reserved.
‘Cholo, White Fence, East L.A.’, (1986). Graciela Iburtide. Silver Gelatin Print
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery. All Rights Reserved.
Such is the tension to open the mind, and to delight into the anachronism of mid-80’s Los Angeles life, with that taciturn artistry that opens the imagination.
‘Christina en su casa, White Fence, East L.A.’, (1986). Graciela Iburtide. Silver Gelatin Print
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery. All Rights Reserved.
‘Christina, White Fence, East L.A. (Eyes Closed)’, (1986). Graciela Iturbide. Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Printed by the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery. All Rights Reserved.
“[Beauty] softens,” Herr Arthur Schopenhauer counsels. And with that, the movement away from hostilities unto the appreciation and consideration of the humanity of the personalities – far from the efficiencies of prejudicial biases; for to begin to understand is to begin to become compassionate.
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Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Avenue, B-5B
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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