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

Works by this artist (1 item)

Mark Dagley, Hero, 1987, acrylic, polymer resin on canvas, mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael Abrams and Sandra Stewart and museum purchase, 2022.12, © 1987, Mark Dagley
Hero
Date1987
acrylic, polymer resin on canvas, mounted on wood
Not on view

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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