Jaime Muñoz, 4 Threads: Riverside Art Museum

If you don’t know their names, you should. These highly talented and acclaimed artists uniquely illustrate the contemporary Chicano experience. Mesoamerican imagery is prominent in the richly layered paintings by Jaime Muñoz and fused with the Cholo styles of the ’70s and ’80s in Jamie Chavez‘s fantastical work.

From Jaime Zacarias‘s cleverly stylized Lucha Squids to Gerardo Monterrubio‘s clay vessels that combine the elements of Mexican mural painting with his artistic beginnings as a graffiti artist, there artists celebrate a personal exploration of community, each with a respectful nod to the Chicano artists who inspired them.

4 Threads: New Work by Jamie Chavez, Gerardo Monterrubio, Jaime Muñoz, and Jaime “GERMS” Zacarias is part of The Cheech @ RAM series of exhibitions leading to the opening of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Arts, Culture & Industry.

Come see an example of the talent today’s Chicano artists are bringing to the table as they uniquely illustrate the contemporary Chicano experience and explore the meaning of community. This is a taste of what you can expect to see at The Cheech when it opens in.