Cheech Marin opens "The Cheech" Museum for Chicano Art & Culture...
...in the city of Riverside CA.
Last Friday (June 17 2022) "The Cheech" had its invitation only grand opening*, which included an auction to raise money for - "The Cheech."
As some of you may know, I am a long-time collector of Germs' art, with more individual paintings / limited editions / books / lamps / and other objects than anyone.
That said, Germs is in the permanent collection of the newly opened Cheech Museum of Chicano Art & Culture, and will be having a solo show at some time in the future.
Germs also did the label art for Cheech's Mezcal shown in the top photo, center - with a close up below.
These signed bottles by Germs and the other two artists (don't know their names), were apparently auctioned off for like $2100 for the lot of all three.
The Germs-labeled mezcal is still in production, not yet available to the unwashed masses.
When it's available, I expect it to be be difficult to find at your local liquor outlet.
I have been promised a bottle, we'll see what happens!
Last is a shot of the One-Of-A-Kind-In-The-Entire-Universe Mattel Hotwheels
® Germs 1964 Chevy Impala Lowrider with Germs Graphics, which are kinda hard to see in this picture.
That is - THE ONLY ONE - that will ever be made by Mattel Hotwheels
®, as it will eventually be auctioned (for The Cheech Museum) for an estimated $15,000.
*I was not invited!!
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...the two paintings on the right are Germs.
Thanks for the video link!
...preceding his "Lucha Squid" period, which is currently in some sort of transition.
Here's the original painting used for the prints:
Jaime "Germs" Zacarias
Chain Smoking Bart
Acrylic on wood, 17.75" x 22.25"
July 7, 2009
And, I'm doing well, all things considered.