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.
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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.
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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.
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Olga Albizu, Radiante, 1967. Oil on canvas, 68 x 62 inches. Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of JP Morgan Chase.
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Carlos Almaraz, Night Magic (Blue Jester), 1988. Oil on canvas, 54 x 54 inches. Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of Gloria Werner.