No Existe un Mundo Poshuracan: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Reclamation (and Place, Puerto Rico), Garbiela SalazarYellow Flowers, Armig Santos. A tribute to David Sanes Rodriguez, a civilian employee of the now-defunct U.S. Navy facility on the island of Vieques who was killed on April 19, 1999 after two practice bombs were dropped near his observation post.Collapsed Soul, Gamaliel Rodriguez. Inspired by the 2015 sinking of the container ship El Faro after is was caught in the path of Hurricane Joaquin.Untitled (Value Your American Lie), Garbiella Torres-Ferrer. Piece was built from a lamppost found amidst the debris after the hurricane. It still had a poster attached from a 2017 non-binding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status.Paraiso movil, Rogelio Baez VegaEscuela Tomas Carrion Maduro, Santurce, Puerto Rico, New on the Market, Rogelio Baez VegaFigure 1832, Gamaliel Rodriguez. Drawing of airport control towers overwhelmed by tropical foliage, suggesting a future of abandonment and obsolescence.Here to ThereLomas (mountains)
Air paintings by Candida Alvarez
Gongoli’s Elegy, Javier OrtonGoogle the Ponce Massacre, Danielle De Jesus.If you do you’ll read about how police opened fire on a peaceful protest in Ponce in 1937. 19 were killed.
The tragic story of David Sanes Rodriguez was one I was unfamiliar with. Your post prompted me to look up what happened. Heartbreaking. Thank you for bringing attention to it by posting the artwork and caption.
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The tragic story of David Sanes Rodriguez was one I was unfamiliar with. Your post prompted me to look up what happened. Heartbreaking. Thank you for bringing attention to it by posting the artwork and caption.
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