Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art

A Critical Anthology

Arlene Dávila, Yasmin Ramirez

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Duke University Press
28 January 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Social & cultural history; Ethnic studies; Hispanic & Latino studies

Although Puerto Rican artists have always been central figures in contemporary American and international art worlds, they have largely gone unrecognized and been excluded from art history canons. Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art provides a critical survey of Puerto Rican art production in the United States from the 1960s to the present. The contributors assert the importance and contemporaneity of the Nuyorican art movement by tracing its emergence alongside other American vanguardist movements, highlighting its innovations, and exploring it as an expression of Puerto Rican culture beyond New York to include cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia, and Orlando. They also foreground the contributions and radical aesthetics of female, Black, and queer Puerto Rican artists. Following the expansion and decentralization of the Puerto Rican diaspora and its artistic output, this volume is a call to action for scholars, curators, and artists to address the historical inequalities that have marginalized Diasporican artists and reassess the presence of Puerto Rican artists.

With: NÉstor David Pastor, Gabriel Magraner, and Nikki Myers

Contributors. Joseph Anthony CÁceres, TaÍna Caragol, Arnaldo M. Cruz-MalavÉ, Deborah Cullen-Morales, Arlene DÁvila, Kerry Doran, Elizabeth Ferrer, Yomaira C. Figueroa-VÁsquez, Al Hoyos-Twomey, TerÉz Iacovino, Johnny Irizarry, Johana LondoÑo, UrayoÁn Noel, NÉstor David Pastor, Yasmin Ramirez, Melissa M. Ramos Borges, Raquel Reichard, Rojo Robles, Abdiel D. Segarra RÍos, Wilson ValentÍn-Escobar

Edited by: Arlene Dávila, Yasmin Ramirez
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9781478031215
ISBN 10: 1478031212
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 28 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arlene DÁvila is Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University and author, most recently, of Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics, also published by Duke University Press. Yasmin Ramirez is Adjunct Professor of Art at the City College of New York and an independent curator who has collaborated with The Bronx Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and Taller Boricua, among others.

Reviews for Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology

“An indispensable volume that traces the formation of Nuyorican identity through the intersections of visual and performance art with urban activist politics. The art of all marginalized people is inherently political, and these cogent and impactful essays by an array of quintessential contributors is a loving tribute to Puerto Rico’s rapidly expanding diasporic arts community. From the Nuyorican Poets Café to Taller Boricua to barrio aesthetics in Philadelphia, Chicago, and beyond, Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art finally brings a long-ignored story to light.” -- Ed Morales, author of * Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico * “Making an important contribution to the fields of art history and cultural studies, this volume constitutes a groundbreaking study of the varied and wide-ranging visual art and aesthetics of Nuyorican and Diasporican communities. This unique and much-needed book challenges the elitism and racism that continues to characterize the art world and demonstrates that art historical accounts of American and contemporary art that ignore or obscure the contributions of Nuyorican/Diasporican artists are incomplete and uninformed.” -- Adriana Zavala, author of * Becoming Modern, Becoming Tradition: Women, Gender, and Representation in Mexican Art *