Hartford Re-visions Project I, II and III

Manuel Acevedo, Hartford Re-visions Project I, II and III, 2004, printed 2012, inkjet prints, images: 2040 in. (50.8101.6 cm) sheets: 2445 in. (61.0114.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by William W.W. Parker, the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.53.1A-C, © 2004, Manuel Acevedo

Artwork Details

Title
Hartford Re-visions Project I, II and III
Date
2004, printed 2012
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
images: 2040 in. (50.8101.6 cm) sheets: 2445 in. (61.0114.3 cm)
Copyright
© 2004, Manuel Acevedo
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by William W.W. Parker, the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture
Mediums Description
inkjet prints
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — Connecticut — Hartford
Object Number
2013.53.1A-C

Artwork Description

Acevedo combines photography and drawing to proffer an ambivalent account of life in urban America. This triptych captures views of an abandoned lot in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut. To execute these works, the artist drew architecture-like structures on three versions of the same photograph and enlarged them to magnify their scale. Acevedo’s visionary constructions can appear optimistic, as if the lot were finally being repurposed. The structures can also look like high fences that separate this community from a more prosperous downtown seen in the distance.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Description in Spanish

Acevedo combina la fotografía y el dibujo para ofrecer un relato ambivalente de la vida en el centro urbanos estadounidenses. Este tríptico capta perspectivas de un terreno abandonado en un barrio puertorriqueño de Hartford (Connecticut). Para ejecutar estas obras, el artista dibujó estructuras arquitectónicas sobre tres versiones de la misma fotografía y amplió las copias para aumentar su escala. Las construcciones visionarias de Acevedo dan una impresión de optimismo, como si el terreno vacío finalmente fuese reutilizado. Las estructuras también pueden parecer vallas altas que separan a esta comunidad de un centro urbano más próspero, que se ve a lo lejos.

Por estas calles bravas: Comunidad y lugar en la fotografía urbana, 2017

Description in Spanish

Acevedo combina la fotografía y el dibujo para ofrecer una interpretación ambivalente de la vida urbana en los Estados Unidos. Este tríptico capta imágenes de un terreno abandonado en un barrio puertorriqueño en Hartford, Connecticut. Para ejecutar estas obras, el artista dibujó estructuras pseudo arquitectónicas en tres versiones de la misma fotografía y las amplió para aumentar su escala. Las construcciones visionarias de Acevedo pueden parecer optimistas como si el terreno por fin cobrara nueva vida. Las estructuras también pueden interpretarse como cercas altas que separan à la comunidad de las zonas más prósperas del centro de la ciudad que se ven à la distancia.

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

Works by this artist (3 items)

Manuel Acevedo, Altered Sites #7, 1998, printed 2016, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.45, © 1998, Manuel Acevedo
Altered Sites #7
Date1998, printed 2016
inkjet print
Not on view
Manuel Acevedo, Hartford Re-visions Project I, II and III, 2004, printed 2012, inkjet prints, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by William W.W. Parker, the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.53.1A-C, © 2004, Manuel Acevedo
Hartford Re-visions Project I, II and III
Date2004, printed 2012
inkjet prints
Not on view
Manuel Acevedo, Rising, 2002, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by William W.W. Parker, the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.53.2, © 2002, Manuel Acevedo
Rising
Date2002, printed 2012
inkjet print
Not on view

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      Manuel Acevedo reimagines the streets of his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, a city shaped by periods of unrest and urban renewal initiatives that tore down existing housing to erect massive housing projects.

      Exhibitions

      Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
      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.
      Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
      Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
      May 11, 2017August 5, 2017
      America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.

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