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This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement. The exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and was made possible in part by the Peter Norton Family Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund. Contributors to the fund include Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow, Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, Steve Martin, the Broad Art Foundation, Bob Crewe, Tony and Gail Ganz, the Ansley I. Graham Trust, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Barry and Julie Smooke, and Sandra and Jacob Y. Terner. The catalogue was made possible in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Scheduled itinerary: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 6 –September 1, 2008 Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston El Museo del Barrio and the Americas Society, New York Copyright ©2008 by The Regents of the University of California and Museum Associates/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the copyright holders. Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036 www.lacma.org and University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. Note to the reader: Objects in the exhibition are indicated by the symbol • in the captions. On the cover: • Christina Fernandez, Lavandería #4, 2002 pp. 2 –3: • Adrian Esparza, One and the Same, 2005 pp. 4–5: • Delilah Montoya, Powerline Trail, Ironwood, AZ, 2004 p. 6: • Danny Jauregui, Untitled, 2006 Directors of publications: Nola Butler and Thomas Frick Editor: Sara Cody Designer: Paul Wehby Supervising photographer: Peter Brenner Photographer: Steven Oliver Production coordinator: Karen Knapp Rights and reproductions manager: Cheryle Robertson Rights and reproductions assistant: Piper Severance Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gonzalez, Rita. Phantom sightings : art after the Chicano movement / Rita Gonzalez, Howard N. Fox, and Chon A. Noriega. p. cm. Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn: 978-0-520-25563-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Mexican American arts—Exhibitions. I. Fox, Howard N. II. Noriega, Chon A., 1961– III. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. IV. Title. nx512.3.m4g66 2008 704.03'6872073074— dc22 2007029361 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 Printed in China

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