Ana Serrano at the Vincent Price Art Museum

The other day I came across a blurb on the LAist mentioning that there was an Ana Serrano exhibit at the Vincent Price Art Museum on the East Los Angeles College Campus.  Serrano's work has remained in my mind ever since I came across it in the pages (and cover) of Juxtapoz: Handmade. She creates building and cityscapes using cardboard and paint as her main media. The details in her urban landscapes are exquisite from the fonts she uses to replicate the hand painted signs to the mini ac units that don the outside of some of her buildings.

Close up of a city garden scape. Love the mini cinder blocks!

Hanging plants. More cinder blocks. Adobe tile floor. All from cardboard.

While the exhibit today had a few buildings and three dimensional pieces, a majority of the work was framed on the wall. Unfortunately, I did not get too many pics as I don't think snapping shots was exactly welcome in the space. I just snagged these few on my iPhone. The 2D work was just as fantastic. Some that stood out were brick walls and windows created again out of cardboard with intricate cut outs of window bar designs (in thick, solid black paper) as an overlay.

To get a better idea of how she works, here is a video that highlights her 'Salon of Beauty' project. This one is built on a much larger scale but does not leave out the charm, detail and complexity that is ever present in her miniatures.




The exhibit, A Daydreamers Street, will be up at the Vincent Price Art Museum until the 26th of July