**TWO EXHIBIT OPENINGS THIS WEEK!
GEORGE YEPES: "WE THE PEOPLE: CHICANO ART IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!”
EXHIBITION AT THE CHEECH MARIN CHICANO ART MUSEUM - RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA USA.
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"LA PISTOLA Y EL CORAZON” - ONE HUNDRED BEST ALBUM COVERS
The Art and Colors of Painter/Muralist, George Yepes: The "La Pistola y El Corazon" Warner Bros. album cover for Los Lobos was selected as one of the "One Hundred Best Album Covers of All Time" by the editors of Rolling Stone Magazine (there is a book). "La Pistola y El Corazon” is currently on exhibit at The Cheech Museum in Riverside, California.
George Yepes and the Icon
“La Pistola y El Corazon” is the icon of the Mexican Americas. 38 years later it still rivets our gaze to the eros of the couple. It combines the sacred calaveras of the Aztec world with the romance and pachuco spirit of the Chicano Americas-woven together by Yepes inimitable genius with color, design and human purpose. There is a secret to the power of La Pistola y El Corazon stemming from Yepes’ life and art. He not only made this icon, he is the iconoclast! He challenges the official story of how Mexican American life is painted and inserts tones of mystery about barrio love. Is love under a beating heart of passion or a weapon against domination? or both? George Yepes the “Tintoretto of Los Angeles” shows us that he has evolved, like the creatures in the painting, into the Cosmologist of the New World and the Genghis Khan of Chicano Art".
Dr. David Carrasco, Professor - Historian of Religions
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Director, Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America
Divinity School - Harvard University
Department of Anthropology - Harvard University
ArtScene -
"When it comes to sheer touch that combines beautiful control over line
and brushwork, yet seemingly spontaneous expression, George Yepes is
among the best. His darkly romantic excess can't help but make you think
he would have been Dante Gabriel Rossetti's equal among thePre-Raphaelites
(1828 - 1882, London, England). But these saints and sinners are hardly a throwback.
Yepes' painting has a visual density and suggestiveness that is as tantalizing to the
intellect as it is arresting for the eye".
ArtScene
The Guide to over 450 Los Angeles Art Galleries and Museums
LA WEEKLY -
"BEST INDESCRIBABLE WALL ART" - BEST OF LOS ANGELES
George Yepes. "Muralist and Painter Yepes is Los Angeles' greatest
living Baroque artist. He proved this years ago with his Tepeyac de Los Angeles
mural on the front of St. Lucys Church, in City Terrace/East Los Angeles.
Images of the Virgin de Guadalupe combined with Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Now he has created an even more marvelous piece that I won’t attempt
to describe, on the front of the White Memorial Medical Center, in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles".
Marc B. Haefele, Writer
Tikkun Olam: To Repair the World -
"Like Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (1518 - 1594, Venice, Italy), George Yepes
has the ability to pull down from heaven the designs which God has for humans
and paint them so people can discover through the paintings what they are deaf to in words”.
Dr. David Carrasco, Professor - Historian of Religions
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Director, Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America
Divinity School - Harvard University
Department of Anthropology - Harvard University
"George Yepes dramatizes with iconoclastic vigor the nature of radical art: he sends you back to your roots. But more than a voyage back to the land of your ancestors and to the soil that (allegedly) nurtured the soul of your people (you know the story), the roots that you go back to through the medium of George Yepes' work are your own: the roots under the ground on which you stand, all that is buried under you and, for that same reason, you can't remember. This is George Yepes' insight, encoded in his artwork in the form of acrylic riddles."
Dr. Roberto Cantu, Professor of English, Spanish, and Chicano Studies
California State University - Los Angeles
“Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge”
INTRODUCTION - THE CHICANO SCHOOL OF PAINTING
"The first time I stood in front of a Chicano painting — it was George Yepes’ Amor Matizado — I had the same feeling as when I first heard a tune by the Beatles."
Cheech Marin, Actor/Art Collector/The Cheech Marin Art Museum
Chicano Visions - American Painters on the Verge
FINE ART “Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge"
"But for those wary of celebrity endorsement, remember this: Even if the [Chicano Visions]
exhibit is not a definitive collection of the genre, it presents works rarely seen in Texas, like those
of L.A. Hotshot George Yepes. That alone makes this show worth seeing”.
Katy Vine, TEXAS MONTHLY
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GEORGE YEPES: WE THE PEOPLE: CHICANO ART IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
CHICANO ART EXHIBIT at THE CHEECH MARIN ART MUSEUM - MAY 2026 through MAY 2027.
“This exhibition: “We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A.” reflects the depth and diversity of Chicano art and the stories
that shape our communities. It’s important that these Artworks are seen as part of the broader American experience”.
Cheech Marin, Actor/Art Collector/The Cheech Marin Art Museum
As the leading institution for Chicano Art, The Cheech Museum presentation focuses on themes from Cheech Marin’s renowned collection, the museum’s permanent collections, recent gifts, and newly acquired works. "We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A." is organized by artist and curator Benito Huerta, the exhibition includes 126 artworks by 61 Chicano Artists.
Featured Artists: George Yepes • Carlos Almaraz • Frank Romero • Gilbert (Magu) Luján • Judithe Hernández • John Valadez • Patssi Valdez • Richard S. Duardo • Gronk • Wayne Alaniz Healy • Margaret García • Luis Jiménez • Eloy Torrez • Barbara Carrasco • Leo Limón • Chaz Bojórquez • Adán Hernández • Marcel Alcalá • Lalo Alcaraz • Abel Alejandre • Jari (Werc) Álvarez • Michael Álvarez • Margarita Cabrera • Jamie Chávez • Einar & Jamex de la Torre • Carlos Donjuán • Gaspar Enríquez • Jenelle Esparza • José Esquivel • Emmanuel Gálvez • Israel Alejandro García García • Carmen Lomas Garza • Luis C. Garza • CiCi Segura González • Yolanda González • Jacinto Guevara • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Roberto Gutiérrez • Jeannette L. Herrera • José Lozano • Alejandro Macias • César Martínez • Narsiso Martínez • Gerardo Monterrubio • Delilah M. Montoya • Arely Morales • Benjamin Muñoz • Robert Palacios • Viviana Paredes • Joe Peña • Wenceslao Quiroz • Carlos Ramírez • Alejandro Romero • Sonia Romero • Alex Rubio • Ricardo Ruiz • Shizu Saldamando • Marta Sánchez •Vincent Valdez • Jaime (Germs) Zacarías.
LOCATION:
The Cheech Museum
3581 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, California 92501 USA
OPENING WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 29, 2026
7pm - 9pm Opening Artist Reception
Celebrate the opening exhibition with fellow Chicano Artists, curator Benito Huerta, and museum members, donors and staff.
Following the reception, Benito Huerta invites you to join him at the Mission Inn Lobby Bar for no-host celebratory drinks.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
9am - 11am Collectors Event
Artists can informally talk about their work in the galleries as museum donors and collectors tour on their own for the first hour.
A moderated conversation between Cheech Marin and curator Benito Huerta follows for the second hour.
EXHIBITION DATES: Open from May 30, 2026 through May 23, 2027
Thank you for being part of this powerful exhibition.
We look forward to seeing you in Riverside and celebrating this moment together!
Valerie Found
Interim Executive Director
Riverside Art Museum
Coordination: For any further questions please contact: Executive Assistant, Sophia Esparza sesparza@riversideartmuseum.org
Marketing: Jen Kanter, Director of Marketing & Communications jkanter@riversideartmuseum.org
Press Outreach: Melissa Richardson Banks mrb@causeconnect.net
Media Contact
press@riversideartmuseum.org
(213) 446-3467 Melissa Richardson Banks
(310) 213-5682 Yvette Shearer
(310) 617-0710 Jen Kanter
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*CHANGE OF DATE!
“CONVERSATIONS IN COLOR” EXHIBITION - HOUSTON, TEXAS
GEORGE YEPES • MARIA KANE • LIZBETH ORTIZ • JULIE ZARATE
ARTIST RECEPTION AND EXIBIT OPENING:
Date: May 28, 2026
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Location: TBH
333 South Jensen Drive
Houston, Texas 77003 USA
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Posters Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/posters-sale/
Artworks Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/artworks-sale/
Serigraphs, silkscreen and etchings sale link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/serigraphs-etchings-silkscreen-prints-sale/
Hand Painted Giclee Prints Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/hand-painted-giclee-prints-sale/
Private & Corporate Commissions Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/private-corporate-commissions/
www.georgeyepes.com
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GEORGE YEPES: "WE THE PEOPLE: CHICANO ART IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!”
EXHIBITION AT THE CHEECH MARIN CHICANO ART MUSEUM - RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA USA.
——————————————————————————
"LA PISTOLA Y EL CORAZON” - ONE HUNDRED BEST ALBUM COVERS
The Art and Colors of Painter/Muralist, George Yepes: The "La Pistola y El Corazon" Warner Bros. album cover for Los Lobos was selected as one of the "One Hundred Best Album Covers of All Time" by the editors of Rolling Stone Magazine (there is a book). "La Pistola y El Corazon” is currently on exhibit at The Cheech Museum in Riverside, California.
George Yepes and the Icon
“La Pistola y El Corazon” is the icon of the Mexican Americas. 38 years later it still rivets our gaze to the eros of the couple. It combines the sacred calaveras of the Aztec world with the romance and pachuco spirit of the Chicano Americas-woven together by Yepes inimitable genius with color, design and human purpose. There is a secret to the power of La Pistola y El Corazon stemming from Yepes’ life and art. He not only made this icon, he is the iconoclast! He challenges the official story of how Mexican American life is painted and inserts tones of mystery about barrio love. Is love under a beating heart of passion or a weapon against domination? or both? George Yepes the “Tintoretto of Los Angeles” shows us that he has evolved, like the creatures in the painting, into the Cosmologist of the New World and the Genghis Khan of Chicano Art".
Dr. David Carrasco, Professor - Historian of Religions
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Director, Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America
Divinity School - Harvard University
Department of Anthropology - Harvard University
ArtScene -
"When it comes to sheer touch that combines beautiful control over line
and brushwork, yet seemingly spontaneous expression, George Yepes is
among the best. His darkly romantic excess can't help but make you think
he would have been Dante Gabriel Rossetti's equal among thePre-Raphaelites
(1828 - 1882, London, England). But these saints and sinners are hardly a throwback.
Yepes' painting has a visual density and suggestiveness that is as tantalizing to the
intellect as it is arresting for the eye".
ArtScene
The Guide to over 450 Los Angeles Art Galleries and Museums
LA WEEKLY -
"BEST INDESCRIBABLE WALL ART" - BEST OF LOS ANGELES
George Yepes. "Muralist and Painter Yepes is Los Angeles' greatest
living Baroque artist. He proved this years ago with his Tepeyac de Los Angeles
mural on the front of St. Lucys Church, in City Terrace/East Los Angeles.
Images of the Virgin de Guadalupe combined with Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Now he has created an even more marvelous piece that I won’t attempt
to describe, on the front of the White Memorial Medical Center, in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles".
Marc B. Haefele, Writer
Tikkun Olam: To Repair the World -
"Like Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (1518 - 1594, Venice, Italy), George Yepes
has the ability to pull down from heaven the designs which God has for humans
and paint them so people can discover through the paintings what they are deaf to in words”.
Dr. David Carrasco, Professor - Historian of Religions
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Director, Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America
Divinity School - Harvard University
Department of Anthropology - Harvard University
"George Yepes dramatizes with iconoclastic vigor the nature of radical art: he sends you back to your roots. But more than a voyage back to the land of your ancestors and to the soil that (allegedly) nurtured the soul of your people (you know the story), the roots that you go back to through the medium of George Yepes' work are your own: the roots under the ground on which you stand, all that is buried under you and, for that same reason, you can't remember. This is George Yepes' insight, encoded in his artwork in the form of acrylic riddles."
Dr. Roberto Cantu, Professor of English, Spanish, and Chicano Studies
California State University - Los Angeles
“Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge”
INTRODUCTION - THE CHICANO SCHOOL OF PAINTING
"The first time I stood in front of a Chicano painting — it was George Yepes’ Amor Matizado — I had the same feeling as when I first heard a tune by the Beatles."
Cheech Marin, Actor/Art Collector/The Cheech Marin Art Museum
Chicano Visions - American Painters on the Verge
FINE ART “Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge"
"But for those wary of celebrity endorsement, remember this: Even if the [Chicano Visions]
exhibit is not a definitive collection of the genre, it presents works rarely seen in Texas, like those
of L.A. Hotshot George Yepes. That alone makes this show worth seeing”.
Katy Vine, TEXAS MONTHLY
——————————————————————————
GEORGE YEPES: WE THE PEOPLE: CHICANO ART IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
CHICANO ART EXHIBIT at THE CHEECH MARIN ART MUSEUM - MAY 2026 through MAY 2027.
“This exhibition: “We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A.” reflects the depth and diversity of Chicano art and the stories
that shape our communities. It’s important that these Artworks are seen as part of the broader American experience”.
Cheech Marin, Actor/Art Collector/The Cheech Marin Art Museum
As the leading institution for Chicano Art, The Cheech Museum presentation focuses on themes from Cheech Marin’s renowned collection, the museum’s permanent collections, recent gifts, and newly acquired works. "We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A." is organized by artist and curator Benito Huerta, the exhibition includes 126 artworks by 61 Chicano Artists.
Featured Artists: George Yepes • Carlos Almaraz • Frank Romero • Gilbert (Magu) Luján • Judithe Hernández • John Valadez • Patssi Valdez • Richard S. Duardo • Gronk • Wayne Alaniz Healy • Margaret García • Luis Jiménez • Eloy Torrez • Barbara Carrasco • Leo Limón • Chaz Bojórquez • Adán Hernández • Marcel Alcalá • Lalo Alcaraz • Abel Alejandre • Jari (Werc) Álvarez • Michael Álvarez • Margarita Cabrera • Jamie Chávez • Einar & Jamex de la Torre • Carlos Donjuán • Gaspar Enríquez • Jenelle Esparza • José Esquivel • Emmanuel Gálvez • Israel Alejandro García García • Carmen Lomas Garza • Luis C. Garza • CiCi Segura González • Yolanda González • Jacinto Guevara • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Roberto Gutiérrez • Jeannette L. Herrera • José Lozano • Alejandro Macias • César Martínez • Narsiso Martínez • Gerardo Monterrubio • Delilah M. Montoya • Arely Morales • Benjamin Muñoz • Robert Palacios • Viviana Paredes • Joe Peña • Wenceslao Quiroz • Carlos Ramírez • Alejandro Romero • Sonia Romero • Alex Rubio • Ricardo Ruiz • Shizu Saldamando • Marta Sánchez •Vincent Valdez • Jaime (Germs) Zacarías.
LOCATION:
The Cheech Museum
3581 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, California 92501 USA
OPENING WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 29, 2026
7pm - 9pm Opening Artist Reception
Celebrate the opening exhibition with fellow Chicano Artists, curator Benito Huerta, and museum members, donors and staff.
Following the reception, Benito Huerta invites you to join him at the Mission Inn Lobby Bar for no-host celebratory drinks.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
9am - 11am Collectors Event
Artists can informally talk about their work in the galleries as museum donors and collectors tour on their own for the first hour.
A moderated conversation between Cheech Marin and curator Benito Huerta follows for the second hour.
EXHIBITION DATES: Open from May 30, 2026 through May 23, 2027
Thank you for being part of this powerful exhibition.
We look forward to seeing you in Riverside and celebrating this moment together!
Valerie Found
Interim Executive Director
Riverside Art Museum
Coordination: For any further questions please contact: Executive Assistant, Sophia Esparza sesparza@riversideartmuseum.org
Marketing: Jen Kanter, Director of Marketing & Communications jkanter@riversideartmuseum.org
Press Outreach: Melissa Richardson Banks mrb@causeconnect.net
Media Contact
press@riversideartmuseum.org
(213) 446-3467 Melissa Richardson Banks
(310) 213-5682 Yvette Shearer
(310) 617-0710 Jen Kanter
—————————————————————
*CHANGE OF DATE!
“CONVERSATIONS IN COLOR” EXHIBITION - HOUSTON, TEXAS
GEORGE YEPES • MARIA KANE • LIZBETH ORTIZ • JULIE ZARATE
ARTIST RECEPTION AND EXIBIT OPENING:
Date: May 28, 2026
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Location: TBH
333 South Jensen Drive
Houston, Texas 77003 USA
—————————————————————
Posters Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/posters-sale/
Artworks Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/artworks-sale/
Serigraphs, silkscreen and etchings sale link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/serigraphs-etchings-silkscreen-prints-sale/
Hand Painted Giclee Prints Sale Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/shop/hand-painted-giclee-prints-sale/
Private & Corporate Commissions Link: https://www.georgeyepes.com/private-corporate-commissions/
www.georgeyepes.com
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