Mexican-American Artist Luis Jimenez

This guy reminds me of an artistic Jessie James (the bike designer and monster Garage host)

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I like this kind of sculpture in public places, a lot of fun..

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We have a nice work of Jimenez at our university. Fun (as Osso noted) to look at, but, aesthetically, it has the glossy, kitschy quality of a Jeff Koons work. But more fun.

When Man On Fire was at the National Museum of American art I had the pleasure of a gallery tour with Luis, he is a wonderful person and it was so neat the hear the stories behind his paintings, drawing. and sculptures. Especially interesting were the stories of his years in NYC as a struggling artist.

Jimenez art is, I think, and accurate portrayal of the Chicano experience and representative of the culture of the South West. Fort Worth also has work they commissioned by Jimenez and then there is the fabulous piece at the Denver International Airport.

To see the rest of Jimenez bio follow this link: Growing up in a barrio of El Paso, Texas, Luis Jimenez learned about art by reading books, working in his father's electric and neon sign shop, and visiting museums and murals in Mexico City. When he eventually embarked on a formal study of art in the mid-'60s, Jimenez found reactions to his subject matter less than encouraging. To see the rest of Jimenez bio follow this link: [URL=]Luis Jimenez (BS '64)[/URL]


"Mustang" is a lithograph depicting a version of a huge public sculpture commissioned for the Denver International Airport. Jimenez' graphic, baroque drawing and use of color evokes the fiery wild horse of the West.

Luis Jimenez has exhibited his work widely and is represented in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, The Chicago Art Institute, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC and many others.