Vincent Valdez, El Chavez Ravine (detail), 2005-7, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Ryland Cooder, © Vincent Valdez and Ry Cooder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Vincent Valdez’s oil painting on a 1953 Good Humor ice cream truck portrays the forced removal of a predominantly Mexican American community for the construction of Dodger Stadium in the late 1950s. The work is a monument to a disturbing chapter in L.A. history and symbolizes struggles across the country about affordable housing, eminent domain, gentrification, and discrimination.
Listen to curators trace the history and legacy of El Chavez Ravine on Wednesday, April 17. On Sunday, April 21, poets will explore connections between exhibitions like Vincent Valdez and Ry Cooder: El Chavez Ravine and Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting during Poetry in Color.
Read more at: https://unframed.lacma.org/2024/04/14/week-lacma
April 14, 2024
