Asco was an East Los Angeles based Chicano artist collective, active from 1972 to 1987. Asco adopted its name as a collective in 1973, making a direct reference to the word's significance …

“ASCO: Without Permission” is an upcoming documentary that chronicles story of a 1970s Chicano art group founded by Patssi Valdez, Willie Herrón III, Gronk and Harry Gamboa Jr.

Mar 27, 2025 · All four founding members of ASCO became some of the most notable Chicano artists, later exhibiting works in revered museums around the United States. But in their early …

Asco (1972–1987) began as a tight-knit core group of artists from East Los Angeles composed of Harry Gamboa Jr., Gronk, Willie Herrón, and Patssi Valdez. Taking their name from the …

Mar 19, 2025 · In the 1970s and ‘80s, traces of the artist collective Asco, named after the Spanish word for “disgust,” could be seen all over East L.A. The then-teenage creatives pulled all kinds …

Apr 2, 2016 · Asco means disgust or nausea in Spanish and aptly expressed the young artists’ aversion to America’s unjust social and political landscape. The group developed a highly …

6 days ago · Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger documents 15 years of ASCO, the groundbreaking East Los Angeles-based Chicano art collective, in his latest documentary ASCO: Without …

Mar 4, 2025 · The new documentary "Asco: Without Permission" delves into the history and legacy of celebrated Chicano art collective Asco.

Nov 18, 2010 · In the late 1960s, four young Chicano artists in East Los Angeles began collaborating in various combinations, eventually forming an art collective and taking the name …

High art being art within the classical pantheon, such as painting and sculpting, and low art being craft, functional, and street art, including textiles, ceramics, and murals.