Published on May 10, 2013
Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by Josh Garcia
Abel Alejandre is an international artist who works with several mediums including painting, drawing, and printmaking. He immigrated to Los Angeles in 1975 from Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico with his mother and his siblings. In 1984, Alejandre painted his first mural for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics. More recently, has had his work included into the National Museum of Mexican Art’s permanent collection in Chicago. He also colloborated on a film documentary called “Resurrected Histories: Voices from the Chicano Arts Collectives of Highland Park”. Also, was selected to create the artwork for a Metro station as part of the “Expo Line” on Exposition and Westwood. Although, most of his work deals with issues of masculinity, Alejandre also deals with contemporary: culture, class, politics, and race. He uses his art as a buffer between himself and the world. Alejandre creates aesthetically inviting work on the surface, underneath, he confronts his own issues with his emotional experiences and his understanding of the human experience. Alejandre’s work is a personal experiential journey with himself, his viewers, and his art.
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