Enter Orange County Center for Contemporary Art and you’ll find a full-size Studebaker Avanti parked in the middle of the gallery space. “Tribute” is one of the pieces in OCCCA’s “Car Culture” show, which includes the work of 28 artists. (Courtesy of Earl Shepherd)Center for Contemporary Art staff reached out to Bryan Barcena, assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, to jury the exhibition about a year ago. However, when Barcena saw the painting, he said he thought about how young women have limited access to car culture versus the variety of toy cars young men have access to. (Courtesy of Rhiannon Valenti)If you goWhat: Car CultureWhere: Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 North Sycamore St., Santa AnaWhen: Online 360-degree tour or by appointment only Thursdays through Sundays, ending March 20Cost: FreeInfo: (714) 667-1517, occca.org

Source: Los Angeles Times February 19, 2021 00:47 UTC