Books & Media
Roberto Chavez: Paintings & Drawings
68 reproductions with an introduction by artist Robert Ross and essays by the artist. Hit and Run Press, 2012
Hit and Run Press also carries, posters, postcards and editions of Roberto Chavez work, including Mex Glimpse illustrated by Roberto Chavez.
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
by E. Carmen Ramos, introduction by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2014
The cover image is El Tamilito del Hoyo (1959) by Roberto Chavez, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum colletion.
¡Murales Rebeldes! L.A. Chicana / Chicano Murals under Siege
by Erin Curtis & Jessica Hough, Angel City Press, 2017
The cover image is El Tamilito del Hoyo (1959) by Roberto Chavez, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum colletion.
Roberto Chavez and the False University: A Retrospective
by Sybil Venegas & William Moreno, Vincent Price Art Museum, 2014
The cover image is El Tamilito del Hoyo (1959) by Roberto Chavez, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection.
L.A. Xicano
by Chon Noriega & E. Carmen Ramos University of Washington Press, 2011
L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980: From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy
by Michael Duncan, Foggy Notion Books/Pasadena Museum of California Art, 2012
Videos
A Kite Story
Director: Pieter Van Deusen; Churchill Films, 1970.
Chavez was cast as a kite maker in this short children’s film.
The Execution
Director: Jeff Boice, 1982
Chavez describes the whitewashing of his mural at East Los Angeles College.
Articles
Object Lesson: Roberto Chavez’s dusty shelf of famous men by Carolina Miranda, Los Angeles Times, Dec 5 2014
The city of dreams … and shoes by Chon A. Noriega, Tate, Etc. Sept 2011
Pacific Standard Time: Canon Busting by Michael Duncan, Art in America, January 2012
Murals Under Siege by Gustavo Arellano, ALTA Aug 20, 2018
Ceeje Alumnus by Aron Goldberg, Artweek Apr 12, 1975
Witnessing the Latino Experience at the American Art Museum by T.A. Frail, Smithsonian Magazine Dec 2013
“Why Paint?” by Roberto Chavez. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Volume 36, number 1, Spring 2011, page 213-218
Mexican Heritage, American Art Six Angeleno Artists by Terezita Romo, L.A. Xicano, 2011
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME; Suddenly, poised for a breakthrough; The sprawl of the exhibitions allows for underappreciated artists to shine too.” By Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times ; 18 Sep 2011: E.28.
“Celebrating the Chicana/o murals of L.A., some lost forever, with '¡Murales Rebeldes! by Agatha French. Los Angeles Times, Aug 17, 2017
“Look Here Upon This Picture, and On This” By Betty Friedman & Jean Nyland. Jung Journal. 7. Pages 69-76, 2013.
“Up Against The Wall” By Roberta Ostroff, Los Angeles Times Jan 31, 1971
PST Mexican American and Chicano Exhibitions Legitimize the Periphery by Lucía Sanromán, Art Journal, vol. 71, no. 1, 2012, pp. 76–87.
A Different World: Roberto Chavez retrospective at SRJC explores unlikely career from East Los Angeles artist by Leilani Carter, North Bay Bohemian, Nov 14, 2012