June art picks

“We are so cute” by Rio Yañez, purikura print, 2011.

“We are so cute” by Rio Yañez, purikura print, 2011.

Where: La Raza Galería Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street; (916) 446-5133; www.larazagaleriaposada.org.
Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 1-8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Through July 2.
Receptions: Walk-through with curator Ella Diaz at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Second Saturday reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 11.

Self-portraits can be as evocative as Frida Kahlo’s detailed paintings, ripe with mythology and metaphor. Or they can be as fleeting as a cellphone pic snapped at a bar and uploaded onto Facebook in seconds. Ella Diaz curated Miráme: 21st Century Self-portraits for a Latino/a America to explore a culture obsessed with documenting itself (and which segments of the population are left out of our photos). The colorful and varied work of artists Rio Yañez, Kelly Donahey, Francisco Gomez, Karissa McHurd, Erick Andino, Flaco Seagulls, Rye Purvis, Erika Romero and Deborah Roberts should shed some light on the subject.