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Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People
Curated by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Dr. Windy M. Cosme Rosario, and Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez
Puerto Rico’s colonial status and geographical location situate it as a locus of global encounters and ongoing displacement. As such, the Puerto Rican diaspora can be understood as a collage of overlapping histories of colonialism, resistance, and survival. This exhibition engages with collage as both practice and metaphor. A collage is an assemblage, an art technique that uses discrete materials, images, or text to create a whole picture. Countering the concept of a melting pot, which emphasizes assimilation and loss of culture, the idea of a collaged community allows for the celebration of roots and relations.
Featuring works by artists La Vaughn Belle, Rebel Betty, Mónica Ching, Frank Espada, Alia Farid, Glorimar Garcia, Daniel Lind Ramos, María Martínez-Cañas, Luis Rivera Jiménez, Edra Soto, Brenda Torres-Figueroa, and Nitza Tufiño.
With essays by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Ariana Costales del Toro, María M. Burgos Carradero, Dr. Sarah Bruno, Xavier Valcárce, Dr. Marissel Hernandez, Jacqueline Jiang, Dr. Sara Camille Awartani, Dr. Delia Fernández-Jones, Dr. Pedro N. Doreste Rodríguez, Dr. Yafrainy Familia, and Melanie Rodríguez Vázquez.
Coastal Relations: Enacting Diaspora
Curated by Dr. Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez, Mary Pena, and Kevin Ah-Sen
This exhibition centers the shores of the Caribbean archipelago and North American mainland as focal points of intersecting diasporic communities. Through a collective of 14 multidisciplinary artists who explore memory and place to surface related histories of migration and displacement in coastal environments, this exhibition orchestrates a dialogue with the critical work of the Diaspora Solidarities Lab.
Featuring works by Brenda Torres-Figueroa, Deborah Jack, Amber Robles-Gordon, Renluka Maharaj, Frank Espada, Chris López, Lan Florence Yee, Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Imani Cooper Mkandawire, Dylan Miner, and many others!
With essays by Sebastián Meltz-Collazo, Jaden A. Morales, Kevin Ah-Sen, Felicita Felli Maynard, Dr. Mary Pena, Dr. Essah Diaz, Dr. Nadejda Isha Webb, Stephany Bravo, Dr. Windy M. Cosme Rosario, Kiana González-Cedeño & Anais Couvertier Garay, and Jessica A. Newby, Kevin Ah-Sen, & Samantha Stephens.
Publisher: CENTRO Press, Puerto Rican Arts Collection
Pages: 225
Format: Cloth Wrap Hardcover
Dimensions: 9″ x 12”
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