Frank Romero USA, b. 1941
Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero, 1974
Offset lithograph
Artist's Book designed by Frank Romero
Produced at the School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine
1500 copies printed by Toyo Printing Los Angeles
Photographs are by Frank Romero and Hal Glicksman
Artist's Book designed by Frank Romero
Produced at the School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine
1500 copies printed by Toyo Printing Los Angeles
Photographs are by Frank Romero and Hal Glicksman
One continuous 10 x 118" sheet printed recto only
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Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero, is a sixteen-page exhibition catalog produced by the members of Los Four in conjunction with their historic 1973 exhibition...
Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero, is a sixteen-page exhibition catalog produced by the members of Los Four in conjunction with their historic 1973 exhibition held at the University of California’s art gallery in Irvine and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One thousand five hundred unnumbered copies were printed, serving as the exhibition’s only form of documentation. The catalog’s cover features FOUR spelled vertically with LOS intersecting and the two words sharing the letter O. Four lines sprout from this central O. Its content features the humble beginnings of Carlos David Almaraz, Roberto de la Rocha, Gilbert Sanchez Lujan, and Frank Romero, including their paths through college and religious anecdotes, represented as documentary images. The work of Los Four was an influential part of the burgeoning Chicano Art movement of the seventies.
“Romero returned to Los Angeles in 1969 after pursuing his artistic career in New York. He soon joined Carlos Almaraz, Roberto “Beto” de la Rocha, Gilbert “Magú” Luján, and later Judithe Hernández and John Valadez to form Los Four, one of the first Chicano collectives in the United States. Together, the group produced works informed by their deep knowledge of art history, urban Chicano life, and Mexican tradition.” - E. Carmen Ramos, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
“Romero returned to Los Angeles in 1969 after pursuing his artistic career in New York. He soon joined Carlos Almaraz, Roberto “Beto” de la Rocha, Gilbert “Magú” Luján, and later Judithe Hernández and John Valadez to form Los Four, one of the first Chicano collectives in the United States. Together, the group produced works informed by their deep knowledge of art history, urban Chicano life, and Mexican tradition.” - E. Carmen Ramos, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
Exhibitions
Los Four, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1974
Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965-1985, organized by the Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and CARA National Advisory Committee; traveling show to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco, CA; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM; National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, 1990-93
Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Luján / Romero, Eastern Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2024
