A new exhibit at Market Square’s Centro de Artes Gallery is a fusion of South Texas and Mexican culture. There are different exhibits on his two different floors of the gallery.
The first floor showcases Mike Alfaro and Gerardo Guillén’s updated version of the Mexican board game Loteria.
Crystal Jones is with the Department of Arts and Culture.
“It’s like a very Latin experience, a parody of the Loteria tradition,” Jones said. El SolThen, global warming and Lotteria for Millennials” she continued. “You have too el branchand el student loan debt, just a real fusion of pop culture and what people around our country are dealing with, incorporating the traditional Loteria game into a fun way and into a discussion about what we’re dealing with today. I’ll incorporate it. “
The exhibit features approximately 270 ironic expressions of Loteria. The exhibit on the second floor is quite unusual and features the work of artist Efe Defroy.
“And this is his first exhibition in the United States; Permanentia Volunteeria. “It’s really focused on pop art and fusing pop art and Mexican culture with American culture,” she said.
The epic scale works fuse American pop culture icons into images seen through transnational eyes.combination of Star Wars or wizard of oz This creates an interesting fusion with Mexican culture.
“And that’s what’s really great about the Centro de Artes Gallery: bringing those stories to the forefront so we can learn more about each other and the world around us. ” Jones said.
Both exhibits will be on display until June 30th. It can be viewed for free Wednesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.