Their first, 'Up In Smoke,' was the highest grossing comedy of 1978, topping $100 million at the box office.ĭuring a split with Chong, Cheech wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy 'Born in East L.A.,' and went on to a fruitful acting career. The critically acclaimed duo made a fluid transition to films, starring in eight features together. Six of their albums went gold, four were nominated for Grammys, and 'Los Cochinos' won the 1973 Grammy for Best Comedy Recording. The comedy duo moved back to Los Angeles and proved entertainment gold. A long-term goal of “The Cheech” is to supplement and expand the collection with Chicano artists, media, and subject matter not currently included through acquisitions and donations from artists and their estates, art collectors and dealers, and institutions.Ĭheech was born Richard Marin in South Central Los Angeles, and was an Angeleno until a move to Canada, where he serendipitously met Tommy Chong. Comprised of mostly paintings, followed by drawings, prints, and mixed-media artworks, then sculptures and photography, the collection now serves as the core of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, which opened to wide acclaim in June 2022.

In addition to artwork loans to numerous institutions, this notable collection has been featured in over a dozen exhibitions produced and shown at more than 50 museums in the U.S.

In the mid-1980s, he began developing what is now arguably the finest private collection of Chicano art. In addition to a successful life in entertainment, Cheech Marin is recognized today as a preeminent advocate for Chicano art. As Cheech himself jests, “people know me from the womb to the tomb.' Widely acknowledged as a cultural icon, he is perhaps best known as one half of the hilariously irreverent, satirical, counterculture comedy duo Cheech & Chong. A paradox in the world of entertainment, Cheech Marin is an actor, director, writer, musician, art collector, humanitarian and a multi-generational talent.

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