Artist

Laura Aguilar

born San Gabriel, CA 1959-died Long Beach, CA 2018
Born
San Gabriel, California, United States
Died
Long Beach, California, United States

Exhibitions

 The Protagonist of an Endless Story by Angel Rodríguez-Díaz
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
July 28, 2023January 15, 2024
Ideas about the American West, both in popular culture and in commonly accepted historical narratives, are often based on a past that never was, and fail to take into account important events that actually occurred.

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