Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF) presents Mario Ybarra Jr. The Tío Collection on view August 5 – September 30, 2012.
Mario Ybarra Jr., Family Tree Graffiti (source image), 2005, Writing in concrete, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artist and Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
CAF presents a new, large-scale project by Mario Ybarra Jr. featuring an autobiographical exhibition comprised of artworks made from family memorabilia. CAF also presents Los Angeles-based painter Annie Lapin in the latest iteration of Bloom Projects, entitled History =ing.
In the self-titled exhibition artist Mario Ybarra Jr. will construct a museological tribute to his family displaying both fictional and non-fictional objects from his uncles’ lives, including his and their photographs, artifacts, and other handmade objects in a faux-history museum at CAF. Inspired by artists like Fred Wilson and the Museum of Jurassic Technology Los Angeles, CA, examines and deconstructs the traditional display of art and artifacts in institutions of authority (e.g., museums and libraries), with a particular focus on the inclusion of the Chicano experience.
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