a shrine of plastic flowers, paintings on velvet, or a wall or fence adored with found objects, pieces of plastic, or odds and ends," a museum statement said. Marin said that today, Chicano art ...

Thus begins Dagoberto Gilb‘s recently released “The Flowers” (Grove ... “sort of the first Chicano,” he says, with a smile. “It’s a portrait of the community,” says Gilb.