El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Adál Maldonado

ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Adál Maldonado, 1994, 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, 2013.19.1, © 2012, ADÁL

Artwork Details

Title
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Adál Maldonado
Artist
Date
1994
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
2013.19.1

Artwork Description

Across decades of multimedia work, ADÁL foregrounded music as exemplary of a "Nuyorican" culture that keeps Puerto Rican roots alive in New York, while reinventing them to powerfully contribute to the fabled melting pot of America.
 
In El Puerto Rican Passport, ADÁL and collaborators emphasize imagination as key to overcoming the colonizing forces that have blocked self-determination for the island. The central manifesto points to forms of creativity that transcend borders, especially music and dance, as evidence of the independence and resilience of an already existent "sovereign state of mind." 

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Works by this artist (1 item)

Brian Dettmer, The March of Democracy, 2010, altered books, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2013.55, © 2010, Brian Dettmer
The March of Democracy
Date2010
altered books
Not on view

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      • Our America Audio Podcast - ADAL, "El Puerto Rican Passport" series (English) Our America Audio Podcast - ADAL, "El Puerto Rican Passport" series (English)
      • Audio podcast, Nuestra America - ADAL, "El Puerto Rican Passport" series (espanol) Audio podcast, Nuestra America - ADAL, "El Puerto Rican Passport" series (espanol)

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