Barrio 2100: Generations Into The Future

Barrio 2100: Generations Into The FutureCurated by Consuelo G. Flores Armando Norte, Alain Flores Norte, Gian Flores Norte What will the year 2100 look like in the barrio? What will people look like? Will there be a return to basics or will technology have advanced? You will get a glimpse of three perspectives in “Barrio 2100: Generations Into the Future.” The three artists who share their visions of the future in this exhibit are Armando Norte and his sons Alain Flores Norte and Gian Flores Norte. They all have an element of science fiction in their work, though each has a different approach. Armando Norte’s grisly and supernatural world is the semblance of lifelong work. Despite belonging to an impressive pantheon of visionaries from East Los Angeles, his obscurity perhaps stems from a creative calling where his defense if not celebration of the monster fits awkwardly around portraits of victimhood, casualty, and human loss. His work appears to ask, “Where is the compassion for the strange and aberrant?”…. Norte undercuts a Mexican American visual vocabulary predicated on another kind of barrio experience, one better attuned to its underworld than its cultural revelry…. If nothing else, Norte’s corpus remains current for the fright show facing American Democracy today and, in this way, remains ahead of its time. Robb Hernández, Professor, Fordham University, New York: When: Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3:00pm – 5:00pm Where: Avenue 50 Studio on Fig, 3714 N. Figueroa St., LA 90065 Duration of exhibit: July 19 through August 16, 2025 More Info below.