Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective features 40 mixed-media works, including blown-glass sculptures and installation art, plus some of the artists’ latest lenticulars with imagery that changes as the viewer moves from side to side. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, and now living both in San Diego and Baja California, brothers and collaborating artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre have navigated life on both sides of the border since they were young and have inherited their own unique vision of the Latinx experience and American culture. Their work is visually complex and infused with humorous elements exploring art, history, and material culture. Working with glass, resin, lenticular prints and found objects, the brothers create work inspired by Mexican folk art, popular culture, religious imagery, consumer culture, and mythology. Many elements of the exhibition, including the title and curatorial framework, try to echo the creative process of the artists, serving as an allegory of their intellectual pursuits, their technical use of materials and media, and their use of wordplay and poetic riddles.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino will travel its ¡Descubra! family program with Collidoscope to offer hands-on Create-It! activities as well as highlight local Latino artists. Educators and families can download these activities from the Smithsonian Learning Lab. The exhibition was made possible through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of Riverside Art Museum. Support for the national tour was generously provided by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino. Additional support was provided by The Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, Carol Johnson, The Carol Jean MacGuire Foundation, the estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette and UTEP College of Liberal Arts.