Frank Romero
Freeway Wars
1990

Name: Freeway Wars
Brand: Frank Romero
Price: 3000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This print was featured in “Dreamland”, the first solo exhibition of a Chicano artist at MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art). This is the first time the entire museum has been dedicated to a single artist. Cars are a frequent subject in a lot of Chicano art, and Frank Romero has made several famous images on the theme. Signed and numbered Artist Proof, and the last remaining print from the edition. It is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Throughout his 40 year career as an artist, Frank Romero has been a dedicated member of the Los Angeles arts community. As a member of the 1970s Chicano art collective, Los Four, Romero and fellow artists Carlos Almaraz, Beto de la Rocha and Gilbert Lujan, helped to define and promote the new awareness of La Raza through murals, publications and exhibitions. Los Four's historic 1974 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was the country's first show of Chicano art at a major art institution. Since then, Romero has successfully balanced a career in both the public and private arenas. He has completed over 15 murals throughout Los Angeles, and was a key contributor to the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival with “Going to the Olympics,” a large scale mural which adorned one of Los Angeles’ busiest freeways (Highway 101). In 2012 he created a print of the same image, after the mural was painted over. Romero has exhibited extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan. His work is featured in many permanent collections, including the National Museum of Art in Washington D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Museum in Oxnard, CA.

Creator:

Frank Romero (1941, American)

Creation Year:

1990

Dimensions:

Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 38 in (96.52 cm)

Medium:

Screen

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

1990-1999