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

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Object Details

Artist

ADÁL, born Utuado, Puerto Rico 1948-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 2020

Exhibition Label

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."

Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies 2023

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist

Copyright

Date

1994

Object number

2013.19.1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Graphic Arts-Book

Medium

lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet

Dimensions

closed: 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm) open: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk780493b33-225c-488c-be91-6c478aebb419

Record ID

saam_2013.19.1