By Kealey Boyd – HyperAllergic.com – Photo: Courtesy Curtis Tucker and Center for Visual Art.
Photo: Carlos Frésquez, “Salon de los Illegales” (2005-present), made from altered thrift store landscapes
To make art about the Chicano experience, Carlos Frésquez borrows from a dizzying range of influences, including pop, cubism, expressionism, and abstraction. His exhibition Sangre Colorado, on view at the Center for Visual Art at Metropolitan State University of Denver, questions what defines a “red-blooded American” — sangre is Spanish for blood and colorado translates to red-colored.
