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Jorge Soto Sanchez

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Object Details

Artist

Gilberto Hernández, 1945 - 1985

Sitter

Jorge Soto Sánchez, 1947 - 13 Dec 1987

Exhibition Label

Born New York City
Multi-media artist Jorge Soto Sánchez is recognized for fusing African and Caribbean motifs. Born amidst the urban precariousness of El Barrio, East Harlem, Soto Sánchez took refuge in art throughout his child hood. In 1971, he became involved with the artists and activists of El Taller Boricua, who advocated for the socio-political and cultural empowerment of Nuyoricans. Soto Sánchez promoted his Puerto Rican heritage by combining Taíno and Afro-Caribbean iconographies and reinterpreting paintings by Puerto Rican masters José Campeche (1751–1809) and Francisco Oller (1833–1917). By visually linking themselves to their ancestral roots, Soto Sánchez and members of El Taller sought to assert and celebrate their hybrid identities as diasporic Puerto Ricans. Gilberto Hernández made this poster for Soto Sánchez’s last major exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, an institution that, like El Taller, grew out of grassroots efforts to display Nuyorican art.
Nacido en Nueva York
El artista multimedia Jorge Soto Sánchez se caracterizó por fusionar motivos africanos y caribeños. Nacido en la precariedad del Barrio (East Harlem), se refugió en el arte desde niño. En 1971 se unió a los artistas y activistas del Taller Boricua, que propugnaban el empoderamiento sociopolítico y cultural de los nuyoricans. Para destacar su herencia, Soto Sánchez combinaba elementos iconográficos taínos y afrocari beños, y también reinterpretó pinturas de los maestros puertorriqueños José Campeche (1751–1809) y Francisco Oller (1833–1917). Al vincularse por medios visuales con sus raíces ancestrales, él y los miembros del Taller Boricua aspiraban a celebrar sus identidades híbridas como puertorriqueños de la diáspora. Gilberto Hernández hizo este cartel para la última exposición importante de Soto Sánchez en El Museo del Barrio, institución que, al igual que Taller Boricua, nació de esfuerzos de base popular por difundir el arte nuyorican.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Gilberto Cárdenas Collection of Latino Art in honor of Angelo Falcón, 1951 - 2018

Date

1979

Object number

NPG.2018.67

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Gilbert Hernandez

Type

Print

Medium

Screenprint on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 74 × 42.5 cm (29 1/8 × 16 3/4")
Image: 69.1 × 37 cm (27 3/16 × 14 9/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Jorge Soto Sánchez: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist
Jorge Soto Sánchez: Male
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48a59be1c-c5aa-4ecf-8bed-f75074cc755d

Record ID

npg_NPG.2018.67

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