{"product_id":"crash-in-phthalo-green","title":"Crash in Phthalo Green","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist: Carlos Almaraz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e35″ x 20\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHand-pulled serigraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-reactroot=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27 colors\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrinted on \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoventry Cotton Rag Vellum 290gsm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeckled edges\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition of 125\u003cbr\u003eSigned \u0026amp; numbered by the late artist's wife, collaborator, and fellow artist Elsa Almaraz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Studio:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSerio Press is honored to present \u003ci\u003eCrash in Phthalo Green \u003c\/i\u003ewith the estate of Carlos Almaraz. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the first reproduction of one of his beloved car crash pieces since \u003ci\u003eWest Coast Crash\u003c\/i\u003e in 1990.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis print edition has been placed in the permanent collections of both the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Museum of Fine Art Houston (MFAH). \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe original painting of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrash in Phthalo Green\u003c\/i\u003e is currently in LACMA's permanent collection, and was selected as the title piece for their 2017 Carlos Almaraz retrospective \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlaying With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOur studio has a long and rich history with the estate of Carlos Almaraz. Prior to founding Serio Press, master printer Tony Clough worked at Modern Multiples which produced many editions with the artist. It was here that Clough first worked on editions for Carlos Almaraz, and met the artist's wife Elsa Almaraz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Bio:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCarlos Almaraz, born in Mexico City in 1941, grew up in Chicago and Los Angeles. Considered one of the preeminent members of L.A.’s Chicano School during the 1970s and ‘80s, Almaraz helped bring Chicano street art into mainstream art circles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan id=\"more\"\u003eAs a member of the Los Four collective, together with Frank Romero, Roberto de la Rocha and Gilbert Lujan, and his wife Elsa Flores Almaraz, he collaborated on many public murals in L.A. He was also a prolific painter and printmaker whose work captured the vitality and life of East Los Angeles neighborhoods such as Echo Park with bright violets, hot pinks and bloodlike reds and expressionistic paint handling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Almaraz was the focus of a 2017 retrospective at LACMA, and his\u003cspan\u003e works are in the public collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art \u0026amp; Culture of the Riverside Art Museum; UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art, University of California, Irvine; the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; and The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lacma.org\/art\/exhibition\/playing-fire-paintings-carlos-almaraz\"\u003eCarlos Almaraz at LACMA\u003c\/a\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carlos Almaraz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44675201695938,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0411\/7879\/2094\/files\/carlos_almaraz_freeway_crash_WEB_new.jpg?v=1751569760","url":"https:\/\/seriopress.com\/products\/crash-in-phthalo-green","provider":"Serio Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}