California Heritage Museum
2612 Main St
310.392.8537
This event has passed.
-
Angela Villalba, Mexican Calendar Girls
- When
-
Opens Monday May 5, 2008 (6–8pm)
May 7, 2008 – Feb 1, 2009
Wednesdays–Sundays (11am–4pm)
- Where
-
- Price
-
$5
- Links
Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a collection of glossy lithographic prints of seductive señoritas lifted from the pages of Angela Villalba's book of the same name. The provocative pinups provide a backstory for Hollywood's Golden Era (1930-1960), but beneath the coquettish kitsch lies a larger story: that of the images' importance in a Mexican art form with a long, vibrant social and cultural history.
