Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Date
- 1978, printed 2006
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1978, Sophie Rivera
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Portrait male — unidentified
- Object Number
- 2011.24.2
Artwork Description
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Los retratos monumentales de Rivera de puertorriqueños en Nueva York (o nuyoricans) contrarrestan los estereotipos que han circulado en los medios masivos. La artista encontró a sus sujetos preguntándoles a quienes pasaban frente a su edificio si eran puertorriqueños. Si decían que sí, los invitaba a su estudio y los fotografiaba ante un fondo oscuro. Los sujetos de Rivera se mantienen anónimos pero nunca desprovistos de poder. Sus fotografías directas permiten que la individualidad modesta de la gente común hable por sí misma.
Nuestra América: la presencia latina en el arte estadounidense, 2013
Works by this artist (22 items)
Videos
In this series, E. Carmen Ramos, curator of Latino art, discusses the exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This episode looks at two untitled photographs by Sophie Rivera
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. The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's pioneering collection of Latino art. It explores how Latino artists shaped the artistic movements of their day and recalibrated key themes in American art and culture.
Exhibitions
