El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Luciana Alexandra del Rio de la Serna

ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Luciana Alexandra del Rio de la Serna, 1994, issued 2012, lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet, closed: 5 x 3 12 in. (12.78.9 cm) open: 7 x 5 in. (17.812.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.19.2, © 2012, ADÁL

Artwork Details

Title
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Luciana Alexandra del Rio de la Serna
Artist
Date
1994, issued 2012
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
closed: 5 x 3 12 in. (12.78.9 cm) open: 7 x 5 in. (17.812.7 cm)
Copyright
© 2012, ADÁL
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet
Classifications
Object Number
2013.19.2

Artwork Description

Passports reflect the identities of the people who hold them and the nations that issue them. ADÁL adopted this official format to comment on the ambiguous national identity of Puerto Ricans. His passports, which contain out-of-focus portraits of their holders, undermine any clear identification and suggest the multiple allegiances of people with culturally complex backgrounds.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Description in Spanish

Los pasaportes reflejan la identidad de las personas y de las naciones que los expiden. ADÁL adoptó este formato oficial para hablar sobre la identidad nacional ambigua de los puertorriqueños. Sus pasaportes, que llevan fotografías fuera de foco, no permiten la identificación clara de sus dueños y sugieren las lealtades múltiples de las personas con contextos culturales complejos.

Nuestra América: la presencia latina en el arte estadounidense, 2013

Works by this artist (45 items)

Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River, 1995-1997, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.38, © 1995-1997, Barbara Bosworth
Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River
Date1995-1997
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River, 1995-1997, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.35, © 1995-1997, Barbara Bosworth
Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River
Date1995-1997
gelatin silver print
Not on view

Related Books

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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art explores how Latino artists shaped the artistic movements of their day and recalibrated key themes in American art and culture. This beautifully illustrated volume presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge. Our America includes works by artists who participated in all the various artistic styles and movements, including abstract expressionism; activist, conceptual, and performance art; and classic American genres such as landscape, portraiture, and scenes of everyday life. 
The cover of the publication Musical Thinking New Video Art & Sonic Strategies
Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies 
Exploring the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music, the exhibition Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies features ten leading contemporary artists and the work.

Exhibitions

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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 25, 2013March 2, 2014
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.
Media - 2020.54.1 - SAAM-2020.54.1_2 - 139600
Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies
June 23, 2023January 28, 2024
Musical Thinking explores the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music.

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