No Existe Un Mundo Poshuracan: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria (9780300266733)
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Author: Marcela Guerrero, Maria Reyes Franco (Contribution by), Raquel Salas Rivera (Contribution by)
A penetrating survey of contemporary art from Puerto Rico and the diaspora created since Hurricane Maria Centering on works made by nearly twenty multigenerational artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora, this volume responds to numerous contemporary issues affecting Puerto Rico, including Hurricane Maria and its devastation, as well as austerity measures, political unrest, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are works across mediums, including painting, video, installation art, performance, and poetry, made between 2017 and 2022. No existe un mundo poshurac?n demonstrates ways that these artists have forged a path through adversity, searching for a collective awakening grounded in resistance that disrupts the infrastructure of the colonial design. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
(November 23, 2022-April 23, 2023)
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art (01/31/2023)
Hardcover: 128 pages
ISBN-10: 0300266731
ISBN-13: 9780300266733
Item Weight: 2.31lbs
Dimensions: 12.79h x 9.01w x 0.63d
A penetrating survey of contemporary art from Puerto Rico and the diaspora created since Hurricane Maria Centering on works made by nearly twenty multigenerational artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora, this volume responds to numerous contemporary issues affecting Puerto Rico, including Hurricane Maria and its devastation, as well as austerity measures, political unrest, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are works across mediums, including painting, video, installation art, performance, and poetry, made between 2017 and 2022. No existe un mundo poshurac?n demonstrates ways that these artists have forged a path through adversity, searching for a collective awakening grounded in resistance that disrupts the infrastructure of the colonial design. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
(November 23, 2022-April 23, 2023)
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art (01/31/2023)
Hardcover: 128 pages
ISBN-10: 0300266731
ISBN-13: 9780300266733
Item Weight: 2.31lbs
Dimensions: 12.79h x 9.01w x 0.63d
About the Author
Marcela Guerrero is the Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
