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Sprung from a quirky couple in pre-cosmopolitan Culver City, Letitia Fernandez Ivins surrendered to the lure of the glam-less yet genuine non-profit visual arts field upon her return from a moment in NY. With a background in art history and currently working in public art for the gov'ment, Letitia offers a particularly unpretentious critique of contemporary art – distilling it from the hyper-theorized to celebrate the simply evocative. She keeps her nails tidy and makes a hobby of futbol, hiking, hissing at men on the corner, and metalwork.

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What’s It Like From Allá

Interview with Gary Garay
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Decades ago Harry Gamboa, Jr., a forefather of Chicano conceptual art, wrote about the “phantom” culture of America, condemning the conspicuous absence of Mexican-Americans. Then, in 1972, the Chicano art collective Asco executed the guerrilla “Spray Paint LACMA” performance that mocked the museum’s blatant exclusion of Chicano artists →

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