![]() ![]() He recently gifted 550 pieces in his collection to the center that now bears his name. Marin is better known as one half of the pot-addled comedy duo Cheech and Chong, but he has spent the last 30+ years cultivating an unparalleled collection of Chicano art. “You can’t love or hate Chicano art unless you see it, so my goal is to get as many as I can to see it,” said Marin, who - with more than 700 pieces in his collection - is believed to be the largest collector of Chicano art in the world. ![]() In fact, few of the artists at The Cheech are well known, which is exactly the point. This is the one that got away,” Marin said of a large velvet painting of cubist beauties that gets its own wall at the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture. Marin stops and takes it in lovingly and calls out the painter by name. Works from Frank Romero and Germs are among the paintings on display. ![]()
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