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“Cande Aguilar: barrioPOP” at 81 Leonard Gallery is a retrospective that charts the development of the South Texas artist’s style, called barrioPOP. Inspired by the Mexican-American culture of Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, Aguilar uses humorous juxtapositions of pop-cultural references that celebrate the neighborhood, or barrio, where he grew up. 81 Leonard Gallery is a new artist-run space founded by Nancy Pantirer, and gallery director Elaine Mitchell.
