By Bill Kelley
Director, www.latinart.com

Salomón Huerta’s paintings of California style houses are a mix between the realistic and the imaginary. The artist first thought about painting them while visiting the neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles. Huerta was raised in Los Angeles, and given the area’s reputation as an area of crime and poverty he was struck by the house’s iconic status as a symbol of the California dream - a house, a yard, lots of sunshine, etc. A tension arises in this contrast of realities and imaginaries.

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