Asco

Taking their name from the forceful word for disgust and nausea in Spanish, Asco set about through public performance art and multimedia to respond to turbulent socio-political developments in Los Angeles and within the larger international context.

Bill Bush: Set Your Clocks To Pacific Standard Time: This Artweek.LA (August 22-September 4, 2011) Bill Bush 2011

The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

Taking their name from the forceful word for disgust and nausea in Spanish, Asco set about through public performance art and multimedia to respond to turbulent socio-political developments in Los Angeles and within the larger international context.

Bill Bush: Set Your Clocks To Pacific Standard Time: This Artweek.LA (August 22-September 4, 2011) Bill Bush 2011

Taking their name from the forceful word for disgust and nausea in Spanish, Asco set about through public performance art and multimedia to respond to turbulent socio-political developments in Los Angeles and within the larger international context.

Bill Bush: Set Your Clocks To Pacific Standard Time: This Artweek.LA (August 22-September 4, 2011) Bill Bush 2011

The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

Artists Harry Gamboa, Jr. and Willie Herrón will lead a tour of the exhibition Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987.

Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: October 6-12 Bettina Korek 2011

One of Asco's most subversive interventions was the "No Movie."

Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011