Oral history interview with Willie Herrón

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Oral history interview with Willie Herrón

2000 Feb. 5-Mar. 17

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An interview of Willie Herrón conducted 2000 Feb. 5-Mar. 17, by Jeffrey J. Rangel, for the Archives of American Art. The interviews took place in a restaurant, City Terrace, East Los Angeles, Calif. Herrón describes his childhood growing up in East Los Angeles, culminating with an extensive discussion of the circumstances surrounding the painting of his most acclaimed mural, "The Wall that Cracked Open" in City Terrace; founding the avant-garde Chicano art group Asco along with Harry Gamboa, Jr., Patssi Valdez, and Gronk; his experience as leader of the band Los Illegals and as a cofounder of the alternative music space Club Vex with Self Help Graphics' Sister Karen Boccalero; the Chicano mural movement, particularly his undertakings in City Terrace, Boyle Heights, and at the Estrada Courts and Ramona Gardens housing projects in East Los Angeles; his commitment to working with at-risk youth and his strong desire to expand the stylistic and iconographic parameters of the medium through the incorporation of graffiti; and an assessment of Asco's role in expanding the continuum of Chicano art and identity.

7 sound cassettes (6 hr.) : analog.; Transcript: 109 p.

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Herrʹon, Willie, 1951-

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Painter, graphic artist, muralist, musician; Los Angeles, Calif., b. 1951. Herrón is known as one of the premiere artists and musicians to emerge out of the Chicano arts movement during the 1970s. From the description of Oral history interview with Willie Herrón, 2000 Feb.-Mar [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83923351 Willie Herrón (1951- ) is a painter, graphic artist, muralist, and musician from Los Angeles, Calif. Herrón is kn...

Gronk 1954-....

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Gronk (1954- ) is an artist from California. Gronk, whose full name is Glugio Gronk Nicandro, was born in Los Angeles in 1954. As a member of the 1970s activist performance group, Asco (nausea), with Harry Gamboa, Jr., Patssi Valdez, and Willie Herron, Gronk arranged anti-war protests and painted graffiti murals. From the description of Oral history interview with Gronk, 1997 Jan. 20-23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79640744 ...

Rangel, Jeffrey J.

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