By Suzanne Freeman – 101CorpusChristi.com – Photo Not Credited.
Photo: Cheech Marin, actor, comedian, art lover, at the Art Museum of South Texas, loaned part of his collection of Chicano art for “Los Tejanos: Chicano Art from the Cheech Marin Collection.”
Actor and comedian Cheech Marin discovered early in life that artists who expressed and preserved the cultural identity to which he related were overlooked and underrepresented. His collection of more than 700 pieces of Chicano art aims to change that. Part of that collection representing Chicano artists living or born in Texas can be seen at the Art Museum of South Texas through April 29. “Los Tejanos: Chicano Art from the Cheech Marin Collection” includes 39 pieces by 14 Texas artists.
