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Strong Latino works abound at Crocker’s ‘Our America’ exhibit

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As soon as you step off the elevator on the Crocker Art Museum’s third floor, you are surrounded by compelling images from “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art,” another spectacular show from the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Frank Romero, Death of Ruben Salazar, 1986. Oil on canvas, 72 1/4 x 120 3/8 inches. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment.

Luis Cruz Azaceta’s “No Parking Here at Any Time” from 1978 is part of the “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum through Jan. 11, 2015.

Olga Albizu, Radiante, 1967. Oil on canvas, 68 x 62 inches. Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of JP Morgan Chase.

Carlos Almaraz, Night Magic (Blue Jester), 1988. Oil on canvas, 54 x 54 inches. Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of Gloria Werner.

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