Glasstire: Top Five: César A. Martínez: Smoke & Mirrors

César A. Martínez: Smoke & Mirrors encompasses several of the artist’s most acclaimed series, Bato/Pachuco, Serape, and Collage, and will highlight the varied range of mediums, experimentation, and innovation used by Martínez throughout his over fifty-year career. Historical and newer created works will be presented; Acrylic paintings, linoleum relief prints, watercolor paintings, and drawings will be exhibited. A fully illustrated catalogue will be published alongside an essay by Santos G. Martinez Jr., curator of the landmark 1977 Houston Contemporary Arts Museum exhibition Dále Gas: Chicano Art of Texas. Smoke & Mirrors marks the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery.