11/5/2023 0 Comments Low rider artSandoval says, as it is with most cultures, there are many layers to lowriding, and the exhibit seeks to show what people use to build community and express identity. “A lot of the old timers and people that are really deep in the culture, they keep everything.” “I would go to their houses and look at what they had,” she said. She also reached out to borrow items from people who have taken part in lowriding culture for generations. Sandoval has displayed her personal copies of “Lowrider” magazine. She estimates there are around 200 pieces to see– magazines, flyers from car clubs, clothing, photographs, artwork and car parts. CSUN Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies Denise Sandoval, Ph.D., is the exhibit’s guest curator. Paintings depicting cars and the lowriding culture line the walls of the Gohstand Reading Room that adjoins the gallery. The cases in the second-floor exhibit area are filled with items. That culture is the focus of “The Politics of Low and Slow,” an art show featured now in California State University’s Northridge’s University Library Exhibit Gallery through July 31, 2023. It’s a way of life in Southern California and around the country. Lowriding is not just about the lovingly and extravagantly painted and restored cars that cruise slowly down the boulevards of Los Angeles. It is one of the many items of artwork featured as part of "The Politics of Low and Slow" exhibit on lowrider culture at the University Library Exhibit Gallery. "Crimson Ride, 2022" by Jacqueline Valenzuela is an oil painting on a reclaimed '80's mini-truck fender. Acrylic on canvas by The Perez Bros., collection of Michael Citrone. "Get on Up, 2020" is one of the pieces of artwork featured in the exhibit, "The Politics of Low and Slow" at the University Library Exhibit Gallery. Photo by Sonia Gurrola.Įxhibit curator, Chicana/o Studies Professor Denise Sandoval, included many of her own issues of "Lowrider" magazine in the exhibit on lowrider culture. "Portrait of Compton David with Guns N Roses, 2022." Oil on canvas, by Rick Ortega on display in the University Library Exhibit Gallery. Clothing is part of the exhibit "The Politics of Low and Slow" at the University Library Exhibit Gallery, including Zoot Suits, a popular style in the 1940's, particularly for cruising in lowriders.
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