Aztlán to Magulandia : the journey of Chicano artist Gilbert "Magu" Luján / edited by Constance Cortez and Hal Glicksman ; essays by Constance Cortez, Karen Mary Davalos, Hal Glicksman, and Maxine Borowsky Junge ; with chronology by Virginia Arce, Constance Cortez, Mardi Luján, and Naiche Luján.

The work of this important sculptor, spokesperson, and teacher is seen from a variety of cultural perspectives in this book, which draws upon the artist's entire oeuvre and places well-known works alongside unpublished drawings, paintings, sculptures, notebooks, and statements. Designed in a large f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: University of California, Irvine. Art Gallery (Issuing body, Host institution)
Getty Foundation (Issuing body)
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project) (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Luján, Gilbert, 1940-2011 (Artist)
Cortez, Constance, 1958- (Editor)
Glicksman, Hal (Editor)
Arce, Virginia (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Irvine, CA : Munich : University Art Galleries, University of California, Irvine : DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel, a member of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, 2017.
Subjects:
Luján, Gilbert, > 1940-2011 > Exhibitions.
Luján, Gilbert, > 1940-2011.
Mexican American art > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Mexican American art > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions.
ART / Sculpture.
Art, American.
Mexican American art.
1900-2099
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Variant Title:
Gilbert "Magu" Luján [Cover title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Rhea Anastas and Kevin Appel
  • Introduction: Aztlán to Magulandia: the journey of Chicano artist Gilbert "Magu" Luján / Hal Glicksman
  • The landscapes of Gilbert "Magu" Luján: imagining emplacement in the hemisphere / Karen Mary Davalos
  • Gilbert "Magu" Luján---the social artist / Maxine Borowsky Junge
  • Making menudo: finding the feminine in the work of Gilbert "Magu" Luján / Constance Cortez
  • Plates
  • A statement about Chicano art
  • Con safos
  • A story of change: un vato en transition
  • Letter to LACMA / Max Factor III and Monroe Price
  • Los Four at LACMA
  • Los Four
  • Una sola union
  • Pedagogy
  • Mental menudo
  • Studio sign
  • Mafulandia / Amalia Mesa-Bains
  • Hooray for Hollywood
  • Chronology / Virginia Arce, Constance Cortez, Mardi Luján, and Naiche Luján.