Bilingual exhibition highlighting lowriding culture to open at the Bullock Museum
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Bullock Museum will open an exhibition this weekend highlighting the culture of Texas lowriding communities.
The bilingual exhibition "Carros y Cultura: Lowriding Legacies in Texas," will have artifacts, interactive experiences, and lowrider cars and bicycles from San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Pecos and more, according to the museum.
Carros y Cultura will open Saturday, May 11, and will be on display through September 2. It will feature seven lowrider cars, five bicycles, and artifacts from music, fashion and lowrider history.
Featured in the exhibition will be a gold-plated ’63 Chevy Impala, which the Bullock called a "pristine example of one of the most iconic lowrider vehicles." Also on display will be a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme customized with a mural of famed Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernández.
One of the lowrider bicycles on display will be a 1972 Schwinn Fastback customized as an homage to Whataburger, complete with gold-plated french fries and an airbrushed mural of a Whataburger restaurant on the bike seat.
The Bullock said visitors can meet the people who make lowriding a community through first-person interviews while exploring the elements that give lowriders their distinct look, feel and culture through interactive displays.
According to Bullock, the word "lowrider" can describe a car: low to the ground, usually having hydraulics, with a fantastic paint job, chrome, and customized upholstery. It also refers to people: those who own the cars, work on them, show them in competition, take them cruising, and champion the culture.
On July 7, the Museum will celebrate the exhibition at H-E-B Free First Sunday, with free exhibit admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and lowrider-themed activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
More information about the exhibit and the Bullock Museum can be found online.