As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Álvaro Ibarra imagines correspondences by Chicano artists who endured incarceration in America.
Álvaro Ibarra
Álvaro Ibarra is an assistant professor of art history at Utah State University, and curates and writes about Mexican modernism and Latinx art. His scholarly writing and archaeological projects engage marginalia in ancient Rome. He also publishes on classical tradition in film and video games.
How Paño Arte Becomes Artepaño
If paño arte is the private-facing practice of artists serving time in penitentiaries across the United States, then artepaño encompasses the afterlife of the artifact.
The Private Life of Paño Arte
When I first encountered paño arte in an art institution I was torn in my assessment of whether or not it belonged in a museum.