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Title: Border Altar
Creator: Gomez-Peña, Guillermo, Artist
Contributor: Gomez-Peña, Guillermo, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1986
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Centro Cultural de la Raza archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description: Notes: From Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition, organized by Border Arts Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo (February 1986). Altar fills entire room and juxtaposes works by other artists, including David Avalos, with ceramics, statues, electronic equipment, and much more.
Cat.7 019
The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101, 619-235-6135, 619-595-0034 fax, E-mail:centro@centroraza.com. Web: http://www.centroraza.com/
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Assemblage (art)
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9t1nb8xn
CEMA 12
Subject: Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Altars
Assemblage (art)
Border art
Ofrendas
Lotería (Game)
Musical instruments in art
Calaveras
Sculpture
Mexican American Border Region
Ceramics
Television
Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)
Bilingualism
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Place: San Diego (Calif.)

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