In the 1970s and '80s, traces of the artist collective Asco, named after the Spanish word for "disgust," could be seen all over East L.A. The then-teenage creatives pulled all kinds of high jinks in ...
Asco, "Decoy Gang War Victim" (1974), color photograph on Artforum's October Issue (photo by Harry Gamboa Jr, via artforum.com) Fighting for Mexican American civil rights along with many in Los ...
Logline: ASCO: Without Permission challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s LA into their defiant canvas. Merging ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When filmmaker Travis Gutiérrez Senger reflects on ASCO’s legacy, he quickly notes they were more than an art group; they created a movement, one with remarkable influence on ...
When filmmaker Travis Gutiérrez Senger reflects on ASCO’s legacy, he quickly notes they were more than an art group; they created a movement, one with remarkable influence on Chicano art history.
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Chicano artist Harry Gamboa Jr. knows the role of the court jester well, wrapping uncomfortable truths with disarming absurdity and punchiness. In 1981, Gamboa spoke about Chicanos’ relative ...
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