Mario Ybarra Jr.

‘Possible Worlds’: Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio at LACMA

‘Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections’ at LACMA connects a residency site in Watts, California with the LACMA collection and campus.In collaboration with LACMA and the Watts House Project, an artist-driven urban revitalization project centered around the historic Watts Towers, Ybarra, Diaz, and Slanguage, the artist’s team of collaborators, participated in a residency at the home of longtime residents of Watts, the Garcia family….

Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarra Jr. at ARCOmadrid_2010

Slanguage co-founders Mario Ybarra, Jr. and Karla Diaz left Los Angeles in February for ARCOmadrid_2010 for an installation and performance called Police and Thieves as part of Invisible Cities, curated by Kris Kuramitsu and Christopher Miles, at the Instituto Cervantes. This installation, named after Junior Murvin’s song “Police and Thieves,” features the struggle between cops and robbers from Los Angeles’ mean streets and displays all sorts of LAPD and bad guy sundries.