LACMA

   This museum is HUGE I spent most of my thursday afternoon here and I still wasn't able to see it all!! I got there around 3 and stayed till about 7:30 unfortunately I didn't make it to buildings 1, 2 and parts of 3. However I enjoyed the diversity I saw in buildings 4,5,7 and 8.

This peice was so simple, bright. and fun. It reminded me so much of my younger days I used to be addicted to nintendo!! In the super mario game there was a part where mario had to move along fences with monsters on them sort of like this!



Although I'm not extremely religious I still found this to be one important painting for me. It ties to my culture and my families faith in her.





Playing pool is not something I'm really good at but I love to play. Also the fact that some friends and family members have pool tables make the game more memorable and fun.

 





This for me resembled how chaotic life can be at times. There are always so many things to do and all kind of deadlines to meet. It also has a sense of  violence that our world is filled with.

Because Life is All about Color!!

Guillermo Gomez-Pena

    

   Guillermo was born in 1955 and raised in Mexico City. He went to the National Autonomous University of Mexico where he studied linguistics and literature. In 1978 he moved to California and studied post-studio art at the California Institute of Art. He has received several recognitions including the 1989 New york Bessie award, the1991 MacArthur Fellowship and the Prix de la Parole at the 1989 International Theatre of the Americas. He likes to produce pieces that engage the brain as well as the heart. In his early work he gives a glimpse into the U.S. and Mexican relations, racial issues, and post-colonial issues. Then he began to look at borders all around the world. He uses lots of mediums to express his art he is know for using the Internet, radio, performance art, and literature among other things. He is very interactive and like to get in your face and most of his work is out there!

                One well know performance piece was 1992's Two undiscovered Amerindians Visit. It was a cage where he and Coco Fusco lived in for three day. They did stereotypical things and allowed people to interact with them. It was their idea to let the audience's fantasies be portrayed. 

                                     

         

Another famous piece was1986's End of The Line where a table was placed on the Tijuana-San Diego beach and dinner was set for both Americans and Mexicans together. During the dinner the participants traded places and were in the other national territory! He did this to stress the flexibility of human contact and disturb cultural borders.

"A peace maker in the world's culture clash"