The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Riverside
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture presents two concurrent exhibitions that celebrate the life and legacy of Yolanda M. López, a trailblazing Chicana artist and activist whose career spanned five decades. For the first time, López’s complete body of work will be on view featuring never-before-seen works and process pieces. This exhibition runs through January.
“Together, these two exhibitions offer an unprecedented look at Yolanda’s conceptual process from ideation to implementation,” shares María Esther Fernández, Artistic Director of The Cheech. “Viewers will have the opportunity to gain deep insight into how she became one of the leading conceptual artists in the United States, alongside her contemporaries like artists Judy Chicago and Adrian Piper.”
Known for her bold feminist critiques within the Chicano movement, López was a pioneering voice in challenging patriarchal narratives. In Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist, curated by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the artist’s 1970s and 1980s works redefine representations of women, featuring iconic pieces like Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe. In Yolanda López: Women’s Work is Never Done, visitors will witness López’s creative evolution through rediscovered and never-before-seen process materials, sketches, and political posters spanning from the 1960s to her final projects. These two exhibitions together not only showcase López’s radical vision, but also affirm her legacy as a cultural force who shaped both art and activism in America.
The Cheech Marin Center opened in June 2022 as a public-private partnership between the City of Riverside, and comedian, Cheech Marin—one of the world’s foremost collectors of Chicano art. “Together, we hope to bring every aspect of Chicano art to this region as well as the rest of the world. We have something wonderful to give.” – Cheech Marin
The Cheech Museum is located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. Visit www.riversideartmuseum.org.
