Norco College Art Gallery
Norco College Art Gallery
2001 Third St., ST-111
Norco, CA 92860
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Hugo Crosthwaite, El Bruto, 2025, Ink on paper. 6 x 4 inches. Courtesy of the Artist.
CARPAS:
New WORK BY Hugo Crosthwaite
Curated By Michelle Ramin
October 27 - December 10, 2025
Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, November 13, from 12:30pm - 2pm.
Additional lecture by the artist on Friday, October 24 (as part of Undocumented Student
Action Week at Norco College).
Carpas (the Spanish word for tent) refers to groups of travelling entertainers who performed in the 1920s-30s across Mexico and the southwestern United States, using collapsible stages and carpas to move from town to town and present programs that were often educational to the communities with news of the day. For this exhibition, Hugo Crosthwaite has reinterpreted the Carpas to present imagery that is of importance to the Mexican-American communities of today.
About the Artist:
Hugo Crosthwaite is a contemporary figurative artist best known for his black and white graphite and charcoal drawings as well as stop-motion drawing animations. His work is characterized by irreverent and provocative images inspired by the U.S./Mexico border. His work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 2019 Crosthwaite won the Outwin Boochever National Portrait Competition from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. He also won the FEMSA XI Bienal de Monterrey in 2015. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte-FONCA and his animated shorts have been featured in several film festivals such as the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacan México, the LGBT+ Los Angeles Film Festival and the Los Angeles Latinx Film Festival and the Guanajuato International Film Festival.
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