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Buffing censorship at Crewest
by Isabel Rojas-Williams
Phantom stree artist, Phantom street artist, Mark Of The Beast, John Carr, Pablo Cristi, Leo Limon, Man One, Mear One, SAHL, Larry Yust at Crewest Gallery February 5th, 2011 - February 27th, 2011
Posted 2/9/11

Buffing censorship at Crewest Sadly Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with censorship. Mexican muralist David A. Siqueiros’ América Tropical was whitewashed in 1932 because the mural was “unpleasant” and it did not fit the civic leaders’ idea of the romantic and idealized past they wanted to convey to the tourists arriving at El Pueblo de Los Angeles. It is unfortunate that seventy-eight years later artists are still facing censorship. Writers, photographers, artists, academics, and art historians j... [more]