Dr. Lakra at the Museum of Oaxacan Painters

Serena and I recently made a couple visits to the Oaxacan Museum of Painters (MUPO) to check out the new show the hottest artist on the local scene, Dr. Lakra. The museum is kitty korner from the Plaza Alameda where the Cathedral shares it's south side with the Zocalo. Right there where Garcia Vigil meets Independencia.

You can't go wrong with Capt. Caveman!

Dr. Lakra is the son of local international painting star/philantropist Francisco Toledo, but he's got a fistful of punk rock, Mad Magazine and classic Mexican film at his able fingertips.

Note the combination of painting and drawing. Some of the stuff was executed right on the museum walls. There's also a whole room full of giant cryptic designs, a combo of huge print outs pasted to the wall, and illustration in B&W on the spot.

This show really inspired me, it was huge wild fun, a blast of practical and psychedelic imagination and virtuoso bravado!

 I know, this one is sideways. So turn your damn computer on up!