La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels

Closed

October 1, 2007 - June 1, 2008

For the past half century, no other automotive movement has been more closely associated with the Latino community than lowriding. While the Petersen Automotive Museum has presented an exhibition on lowriding in 2000, gradual changes in the lowriding demographic have prompted us to take a second look. The display builds upon the groundwork laid by the first Petersen Museum lowrider exhibition by using the museum as a neutral venue for breaking down negative stereotypes, presenting cross-cultural sharing, and exposing the art of lowriders and the pursuit of lowriding to a larger public. It targets one of the most elusive museum audience populations: adolescent male youth.

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Million Dollar Cars

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Cars & Guitars of Rock ‘n Roll

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