Lowriding is not just about the lovingly and extravagantly painted and restored cars that cruise slowly down the boulevards of Los Angeles. It’s a way of life in Southern California and around the country. That culture is the focus of “The Politics of Low and Slow,” an art show featured now in California State University’s Northridge’s University Library Exhibit Gallery through July 31, 2023. 

The cases in the second-floor exhibit area are filled with items. Paintings depicting cars and the lowriding culture line the walls of the Gohstand Reading Room that adjoins the gallery. CSUN Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies Denise Sandoval, Ph.D., is the exhibit’s guest curator. She estimates there are around 200 pieces to see– magazines, flyers from car clubs, clothing, photographs, artwork and car parts. Sandoval has displayed her personal copies of “Lowrider” magazine. She also reached out to borrow items from people who have taken part in lowriding culture for generations…

For more of the media release: https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/arts-and-culture/low-and-slow-at-csun-lowrider-culture-on-display-at-the-university-library/