Artist

Lalo Alcaraz

born San Diego, CA 1964
Also known as
  • Eduar López Alcaraz
  • Lalo López Alcaraz
  • Lalo López
  • Eduardo López
Born
San Diego, California, United States

Works by this artist (1 item)

Alicia Eggert, This Present Moment, 2019-2020, neon, custom controller, steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick General Acquisitions Fund, 2021.4, © 2019, Alicia Eggert
This Present Moment
Date2019-2020
neon, custom controller, steel
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      Artist Lalo Alcaraz created the striking digital portrait I Stand with Emma of Emma González after watching the high school senior advocate for stronger gun control in an impassioned speech days after surviving the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

      Join Claudia Zapata, curatorial assistant for Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a closer look. Learn how <em>I Stand with Emma,</em> an artwork that was created and distributed within the digital sphere, honors the traditions of Chicanx artists while also embracing new digital landscapes for printmaking and celebrating a new generation of activists, "guiding us towards a better tomorrow."

      This video is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's ongoing series American Art Moments. Join a SAAM expert and go beyond the artwork label to discover the untold stories and rich connections represented in some of the museum's most iconic artworks.

      Image: "L.A. Stands With Emma, Too"
      February 19, 2018
      Photograph by Robb Wilson
      Robb Wilson Flickr 
      CC BY-SA 2.0

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