Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book
Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book
This is a pocket book released to accompany the Americas Society exhibition done in collaboration with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book Pocket Book
Edited by Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Karen Marta
This is a fully illustrated pocket book released in both English and Spanish editions to accompany the same-titled exhibition at Americas Society, curated by Marina Reyes Franco.
Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under The Visitor Economy Regime investigates the ideas of natural and fiscal paradise, and the geographical coincidence of these concepts within the Caribbean region, where tourism and finance form the “visitor economy regime.” Tropical is Political features works by 19 contemporary artists from the Caribbean and its diasporas, including Allora & Calzadilla, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Gwladys Gambie, Abigail Hadeed, Joiri Minaya, José Morbán, Dave Smith, Yiyo Tirado, Oneika Russell, among others. Through video, installation, painting, and sculpture, the exhibition will underline the effects of tourism and finance on subjects including economic policy, self-image, and artistic production.
Read the full pocket book (English).
Read the full pocket book (Spanish).
Learn more about exhibition Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under The Visitor Economy Regime at Americas Society.
Table of contents
- Foreword by Susan Segal
- Foreword by Marianne Ramírez Aponte
- Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime by Marina Reyes Franco
- Works
- Further Reading
- Author Biography
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
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Price: $5. To purchase this catalogue, please contact: artgallery@as-coa.org
This exhibition featured works by 19 contemporary artists from the Caribbean and their diasporas.
