Marcos Raya Art
Mexican, b. 1948
Born in Guanajuato, Mexico, Marcos Raya is a Chicago based artist, well known for his murals throughout Pilsen. Overtly political, his work focuses on themes such as economic disparity, racism, illness and alcoholism, and is imbued with elements of Rascuachismo.
Raya studied at Windsor Mountain Preparatory School in Lenox, MA and has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Mexican Museum in San Francisco, the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center, Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. He also has two published books, The Fetish of Pain and Fetishizing the Imaginary.(Biography provided by Reeves Art + Design)
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Baby Clown - Antique Painted Photograph in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Chicano and Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least". His work is heavily influenced by Mexican Folk Art, Surrealism, and Symbolism. His work also has ties to DADA Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Baby Needs Machine - Surreal Meets Tecno on a Surgical Table, Large Painting
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya
Baby Needs Machine, 2022
acrylic on canvas
52h x 78w in
132.08h x 198.12w cm
MSR089
Marcos Raya's work is heavily influenced by Mexican Folk Art, Surrealism, and Symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Anguish of Being and the Nothingness of the Universe - Large Tondo Painting
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya
The Anguish of Being and the Nothingness of the Universe, 2000
acrylic on canvas
72h x 72w in
182.88h x 182.88w cm
MSR093
Marcos Raya's work is heavily influenced by Mex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Priest - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
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2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
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Baby Joe - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Aunt - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Mr. Man - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Mrs. Baxter - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
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Mixed Media
Baby Girl Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Baby Lu - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Mom - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
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2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
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Mixed Media
Mr. Baxter - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
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2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
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Mixed Media
Aunt - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least"....
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Baby Lou - Antique Painted and Appropriated Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Chicano and Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Wedding - Antique Painted Photograph, Original Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Chicano and Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
St. Theresa #1 - Antique Painted Photograph in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's artwork has deep connections to Rasquache or Rasquachismo– an aesthetic tied to the working-class Chicano and Mexican art exemplified by the statement "Make the most of the least". His work is heavily influenced by Mexican Folk Art, Surrealism, and Symbolism. His work also has ties to DADA Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of course, his contemporaries, The Chicago...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Mother And Child - Repainted Antique Photo in Frame
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcos Raya's work is heavily influenced by Mexican Folk Art, Surrealism, and Symbolism. His work also has ties to DADA Art and artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. And, of co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Paper
"Drugs on War" Red, Green, Blue Surrealistic Abstract Contemporary Collage
By Marcos Raya
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstracted collage by Mexican artist Marcos Raya. Mixed media collage depicting a Latina woman in a traditional dress holding what appears to ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Marcos Raya Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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