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Article: How Rose Simpson’s lowrider is an homage to Pueblo potters
SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. — While studying automotive science, Rose B. Simpson built a moving piece of art: “Maria,” a black, refurbished 1985 Chevrolet El Camino named for famed Pueblo potter Maria Martinez. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-rose-simpsons-lowrider-is-an-homage-to-pueblo-potters
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Artist: Joseph Leyba of Blast Factory
Blast factory paintworks… ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO …aerosol art, pinstripe, lettering, custom paint, classic car restoration. https://www.picuki.com/profile/BlastFactory
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Artist/Curator: Toby Morfin
The city of Española wanted a lowrider-inspired art show the day before the big Lowrider magazine sanctioned car show in New Mexico. The city decided to sponsor the location, and ultimately chose Toby Morfin as the curator because of his knowledge in the lowrider art scene. Social Media: TobyMorfin on Instgram https://www.instagram.com/tobymorfinart/?hl=en Toby Morfin on…
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Artist: El Moises
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/ChicanoPop/ Articles: Growing up in the Southwest, the soon-to-be artist named Moises would gain a love for the Chicano cultural and scene at an early age. It helped a lot that his father used to work on cars and paint lowriders too. That in itself would give him the opportunity to look at…
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Artist: Victor Goler
“Gustavo Victor Goler was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico among a family of Latin American art conservators and restorers. Goler’s early years were spent apprenticing in his families conservation studios where he learned wood carving skills by restoring 18th, 19th and 20th century Saints from Latin America and New Mexico. Goler began carving original…
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Article: Runs in the Family
Española lowriders turn Good Friday into a family-friendly event. https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/articles/post/runs-in-the-family/
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Harwood Museum of Art- Santo Lowride: Norteño Car Culture and the Santos Tradition
Santo Lowride: Norteño Car Culture and the Santos Tradition unrolls the unique story of New Mexico’s interwoven expressions of devotional art and lowrider culture. Just as the santos artists seek a physical channel between the heavens and their daily life, the lowrider has evolved as a modern-day vessel for the belief systems of multicultural Norteño…
