Tumbados

Tumbados. . , Tumbados is a long-term public artwork on the Storefront facade by Los Angeles artist Guadalupe Rosales, founder of the digital archive @ veteranas_and_rucas, with Dallas artist Lokey Calderon. Their mural references the rich history of lowriders, which are a style of customized, colorful, and intricately painted cars with a dropped suspension. With this work, the artists honor this multigenerational Chicanx art form and its significance within the built environment, from Los Angeles to New York, and beyond., Originating in Southern California in the 1940s, lowriders, or "tumbados," are more than just cars: they are extensions of those who drive them, embodying family traditions, neighborhood ties, political practices, and personal style. In this context, the term "cruising" is used when lowriders are paraded slowly through the streets. Cruising exists as both a community ritual and a contested practice, and is often met with policing of brown bodies. Across the Storefront facade, Tumbados queers, rescales, and recontextualizes the aesthetics of this Chicanx art form, challenging its criminalization and creating a space for collective reclamation and celebration.