Quiet Riot

o a quick survey of Los Angeles’s more recent art shows and you’ll see exhibitions that are almost as politically charged as those from the incendiary days of the 1960s and ’70s. This season, work by and about people of color continues to be prominent: there’s a celebration of fresh and diverse talent as well as an urge to recognize artists and projects that were eclipsed for racial or ethnic reasons. Some of the new works possess what appear to be clear political overtones, but a number of the artists involved don’t see their art as being driven by any sort