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Artist:
Gilberto Hernández, 1945 - 1985  Search this
Sitter:
Jorge Soto Sánchez, 1947 - 13 Dec 1987  Search this
Medium:
Screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 74 × 42.5 cm (29 1/8 × 16 3/4")
Image: 69.1 × 37 cm (27 3/16 × 14 9/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1979
Exhibition Label:
Born New York City
Multi-media artist Jorge Soto Sánchez is recognized for fusing African and Caribbean motifs. Born amidst the urban precariousness of El Barrio, East Harlem, Soto Sánchez took refuge in art throughout his child hood. In 1971, he became involved with the artists and activists of El Taller Boricua, who advocated for the socio-political and cultural empowerment of Nuyoricans. Soto Sánchez promoted his Puerto Rican heritage by combining Taíno and Afro-Caribbean iconographies and reinterpreting paintings by Puerto Rican masters José Campeche (1751–1809) and Francisco Oller (1833–1917). By visually linking themselves to their ancestral roots, Soto Sánchez and members of El Taller sought to assert and celebrate their hybrid identities as diasporic Puerto Ricans. Gilberto Hernández made this poster for Soto Sánchez’s last major exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, an institution that, like El Taller, grew out of grassroots efforts to display Nuyorican art.
Nacido en Nueva York
El artista multimedia Jorge Soto Sánchez se caracterizó por fusionar motivos africanos y caribeños. Nacido en la precariedad del Barrio (East Harlem), se refugió en el arte desde niño. En 1971 se unió a los artistas y activistas del Taller Boricua, que propugnaban el empoderamiento sociopolítico y cultural de los nuyoricans. Para destacar su herencia, Soto Sánchez combinaba elementos iconográficos taínos y afrocari beños, y también reinterpretó pinturas de los maestros puertorriqueños José Campeche (1751–1809) y Francisco Oller (1833–1917). Al vincularse por medios visuales con sus raíces ancestrales, él y los miembros del Taller Boricua aspiraban a celebrar sus identidades híbridas como puertorriqueños de la diáspora. Gilberto Hernández hizo este cartel para la última exposición importante de Soto Sánchez en El Museo del Barrio, institución que, al igual que Taller Boricua, nació de esfuerzos de base popular por difundir el arte nuyorican.
Topic:
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Jorge Soto Sánchez: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Jorge Soto Sánchez: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Gilberto Cárdenas Collection of Latino Art in honor of Angelo Falcón, 1951 - 2018
Object number:
NPG.2018.67
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Gilbert Hernandez
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45bd10a3a-e29b-43ed-9950-71f3d3f05597
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.67