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Cumpleanos de Lala y Tudi
199120th Century
21 1/2 in. x 29 1/2 in. (54.61 cm x 74.93 cm)
Carmen Lomas Garza, American, b. 1948
Object Type:
Works on Paper
Creation Place:
North America, United States, California
Medium and Support:
Lithograph on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], BA 1949 in Honor of Dr. Georgiana Melvin, Dr. Francis Herrick, Dr. Elizabeth Pope, Dr. Alfred Neumeyer, and Mr. Sasha Lieberman, By Exchange
Accession Number:
1994.13
Carmen Lomas Garza was born and raised in Texas near the Mexican-United States border and arrived in San Francisco in 1976. She is renowned for her narrative scenes of Chicanx/Mexican traditions. She has stated that the narrative nature of her images not only creates a sense of familiarity for Chicanx viewers, but also creates dialogue and teaches those who may be unfamiliar with the scenes she depicts. The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a cultural center for Latinx people. As of the 2010 Census, the Hispanic or Latino community makes up 23.5% of the Bay Area’s population.
In Cumpleanos de Lala y Tudi, Lomas Garza paints a narrative scene of a birthday celebration. Family and friends of various generations are depicted around a young girl in the process of hitting a piñata. While this work does not explicitly state what geographic location this image depicts, its universality allows an interpretation of the scene that can easily take place in the Bay Area.
--Janin Escobedo-Garcia, December 2019
In Cumpleanos de Lala y Tudi, Lomas Garza paints a narrative scene of a birthday celebration. Family and friends of various generations are depicted around a young girl in the process of hitting a piñata. While this work does not explicitly state what geographic location this image depicts, its universality allows an interpretation of the scene that can easily take place in the Bay Area.
--Janin Escobedo-Garcia, December 2019
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Mills College Art Museum Permanent Collection: 75th Anniversary Mills College Art Museum , 2/2/2000 - 3/12/2000
- You're Seeing Less Than Half the Picture Mills College Art Museum , 12/5/2018 - 6/2/2019
- State of Convergence Mills College Art Museum , 1/22/2020 - 2/23/2020
- Unseen: The Hidden Labor of Women Mills College Art Museum , 1/22/2022 - 3/13/2022
Dimensions
- Frame Dimensions: 26 3/4 in. x 36 3/4 in. x 1 1/4 in. (67.95 cm x 93.35 cm x 3.18 cm)
- Image Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (54.61 x 74.93 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Stephanie Hanor, ed. State of Convergence. State of Convergence Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, CA, 2020
- Stephanie Hanor, ed. You're Seeing Less Than Half The Picture. You're Seeing Less Than Half The Picture Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, CA, 2018
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