Merrick Morton has a new solo show and book about SoCal street gang culture
For more than 40 years, photographer Merrick Morton has been documenting street gang culture. His work is now on display at a new solo art show, and in an upcoming book.
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For more than 40 years, photographer Merrick Morton has been documenting street gang culture. His work is now on display at a new solo art show, and in an upcoming book.
“You Belong Here” opened last month at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. The work on view, writes Rivas, seeks to “take a broader perspective on the Latinx archive across time” in ways that are “relevant to the processes of visibility and belonging that are not fixed but ever evolving.”1 The show brings together artists from distinct communities and artistic traditions while not aspiring toward definitiveness or full “arrival.” Ar
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationally from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 in the United States. Here are some of the celebrations and festivities happening in the metro Atlanta area.
The Michael C. Carlos Museum’s new exhibit, opening Sept. 9, spotlights the work and experiences of a wide range of artists in the Latinx community, featuring topics like family, culture and politics in America.
The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. But its dandy-ish profile continues to influence fashion