They are women — some well known in Latin American art circles, others far less so — who will collectively get their due at the Hammer Museum’s “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985,” one of dozens of Southern California exhibitions to open this fall as part of Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles / Latin America. No other PST: LA/LA exhibition promises to rewrite history quite like “Radical Women,” which documents the transformative work of U.S. Latinas and Latin American women artists who have all too often been ignored by major art institutions. Many of the Mexican artists in “Radical Women” participated in grupos — with men and with other women. “It was very critical of the whole tradition,” says feminist art historian Julia Antivilo Peña. “It acquires a political framework that is much more defined — because we are women and because we are Latin American.”“Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985”Part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LAWhere: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., WestwoodWhen: Sept. 15 to Dec. 31.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 31, 2017 15:22 UTC