Showing posts with label Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Artist Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan's Magical Hollywood and Vine Metro Station


Take a video tour through Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan's Hollywood and Vine Metro station.


I am heartened to see the appreciation that Magu is receiving after his death. It seems that Los Angeles does remember its own.

More at:
Appreciation: Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan's Hollywood and Vine Metro station

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Chicanismo (for Gilbert "Magu" Lujan)

Chicanismo (for Gilbert "Magu" Lujan)
Gregg Chadwick
Chicanismo (for Gilbert "Magu" Lujan)
22"x30" monotype on paper 2011

With great sadness, the city of Los Angeles mourns the passing of the trail breaking artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. Please read Peter Clothier's heartfelt words on the Huffington Post:

Followers of the contemporary art scene -- and indeed Chicano art enthusiasts everywhere -- will want to hear of this opportunity to come to the support of one of its most important pioneers and practitioners. Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is currently in a life-and-death battle with cancer, and is caught up in the pernicious web of our national health care nightmare. Friends and family are staging a series of fund-raising events in August to help with medical costs and the preservation of Magu's legacy. Please continue at Gilbert "Magu" Lujan: A Benefit