Published for an exhibition including online (from summer 2020) and in-person (March 13-September 26, 2021) events. "The mission of El Museo del Barrio is to present and preserve the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. Through its extensive collections, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals and special events, El Museo educates its diverse public in the richness of Caribbean and Latin American arts and cultural history. By introducing young people to this cultural heritage, El Museo is creating the next generation of museum-goers, while satisfying the growing interest in Caribbean and Latin American art of a broad national and international audience."
Contents:
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Estamos Bien -- In conversation : identity, race, and trauma -- Artists -- Online projects -- Reader.
Summary:
"ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21 is inspired by the critically acclaimed and historic The (S) Files exhibitions held at El Museo between 1999 and 2013, which provided a platform for emerging Latino and Latin American artists from the New York metropolitan region. Reconceived as a Triennial, the exhibition for the first time has expanded its scope to a national scale including artists from California, Texas, Florida, Chicago, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, as well as from the Tristate Area. Utilizing an intersectional approach to Latinx identity, the Curatorial team has selected artists representing a diversity of generations, genders, ethnic, and racial backgrounds." -- Exhibition website. "Documenting the Barrio's first national survey of Latinx art, featuring more than 40 artists from the US and Puerto Rico. This publication features the work of the 42 participating artists and collectives included in the highly anticipated titular exhibition organized by El Museo del Barrio in New York. The result of two years of research, this project is the museum's first nationwide exhibition and publication exploring the diverse landscape of contemporary Latinx artists working in the United States and Puerto Rico. The volume includes an essay by the curators, a conversation between some of the artists conducted by artist Elia Alba as part of her Supper Club series and illustrated, individual short interviews with the participants. A closing anthology brings together poems and excerpts of essays by Lourdes Alberto, Ariana Brown, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Deborah Cullen, Carolina Ponce de Leon, Esteban Jefferson, Ed Morales, Alan Pelaez Lopez, Dixa Ramirez d'Oleo, Rose Salseda and Adriana Zavala." -- Artbook.com.
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