Object Details
Artist
Marcos Dimas, born Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 1943
Exhibition Label
The defiant figure in Pariah wears an indigenous amulet and has wavy black hair that suggests African ancestry. Dimas depicted his monumental figure using a range of paintings styles associated with abstract art that flourished in New York during and after the 1950s. He painted Pariah shortly after he cofounded Taller Boricua, an artists’ collective that shaped the cultural dimensions of the Puerto Rican civil rights movement in New York. These artists created works that affirmed the hybrid African and indigenous (or Taino) identity of Puerto Ricans.
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Copyright
© 1971-1972, Marcos Dimas
Date
1971-1972
Object number
2013.15
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 x 54 in. (165.1 x 137.2 cm)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure\bust
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Record ID
saam_2013.15