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Totem Negro XVI

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Born in Cuba, raised in Puerto Rico, and now living in Miami, Martínez-Cañas assembled the pieces of her multifaceted identity into a totem by using a complex photographic process. She drew cubist patterns and abstracted natural forms on large-scale negatives, incorporated images drawn from Cuban colonial maps and pre-Columbian art, and printed them in black-and-white. These hybrid forms announce her multiple cultural connections and recall the paintings of Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam.Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Format:
Gelatin Silver Print
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
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  1. Abstract
  2. Art
  3. Art, Abstract

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