Native San Diegan Mix Luera's body of work encompasses a varied array of images and subject matters, offering the viewer a unique perspective on established themes. His paintings of the male figure in beautiful, idealized images, for example, offer us a different view of men, using them as metaphors of sexual and social duality. His work with Mexican images and iconography gives us a fresh look at Mexican culture. In her Day of the Dead paintings and works as well as his assemblage pieces and collages, he expresses a love and respect for his Mexican roots and traditions that give the viewer...more
