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The Dallas Morning News: Entertainment | Page 1 of 3 [[logo]] DallasNews.com The Dallas Morning News [[/logo]] [[logo]] dallasnews.com's My-FreeNet No powered by 1stUp.com [[/logo]] [[left margin]] Books Columnists-Arts Columnists-Texas Living Food GuideLive High Profile House & Garden Movies Music Restaurants Texas Living Theater Travel TV listings Home page Business Entertainment Food GuideLive Health | Science House & Garden Lottery Metro | Obituaries National | World Opinion Politics Religion Sports Day Technology Texas Living Texas & Southwest Travel Weather Contact us Site index * Click here for related articles E-mail this page [[/left margin]] Archives | Community | Classifieds | To Subscribe Wednesday | November 8, 2000 Entertainment A new view new Mexico exhibit challenges perceptions about Hispanic art 11/05/2000 By Tom Sime/The Dallas Morning News ALBUQUERQUE - The just-opened National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico was designed to show off the multiplicity of cultures gathered under the umbrella term "Hispanic." The design of the complex makes that clear with a melange of Aztec, Mayan, Pueblo, modernist and Spanish idioms. But nowhere is the mission more vividly accomplished than in the $55 million center's art gallery, where "La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United States" features works by 49 different artists. "We wanted to shatter stereotypes," says senior curator Andrew Connors during a tour of the exhibit. "We wanted people to understand that Latinos in the United States represent everything from conceptual art to artwork that's very much rooted in tradition." Describing Chicano murals in California, traditional crafts in New Mexico, printmaking in Puerto Ric and elaborate graffiti in New York, Mr. Connors notes that "people in different parts of the country have different expectations for who Hispanics are. We wanted to show that range." In what could be called the title role in "La Luz" is a piece by the only represented artist no longer living: Felix Gonzáles-Torres (1957-1996) of Cuba and New York. His minimalist 1991 wall [[right margin]] [[image]][[/image]]E-mail staff [[image]] [[image]] [[image]] Sea am •Ama CDs •Ama Video •Ama DVDs Featu •Dea •Com •Cros •Her •Horo •Puzz [[/right margin]] http://www.dallasnewsw.com/entertainment/207217_museum_05art.html