Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York
6:00 to 8:00 pm
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Ricardo Cabret, Guión criptográfico
Exhibition Opening—Tropical Is Political
Come celebrate the new exhibition, curated by Marina Reyes Franco, that features 19 artists from the Caribbean sphere and its diasporas.
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York
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Overview
Visual Arts at Americas Society is pleased to announce our fall exhibition, Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime. Please join us for an opening reception to celebrate on Wednesday, September 7 from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
If you plan on attending, please use this link to RSVP.
Exhibition on view: September 7 through December 17, 2022
Americas Society presents Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under The Visitor Economy Regime, curated by Marina Reyes Franco. The show 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.
View gallery and visitors information here.
This exhibition is curated by Marina Reyes Franco, curator at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. Tropical is Political is presented in collaboration with Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan where the exhibition will be on view in spring 2023.
Image: Ricardo Cabret, Guión criptográfico (Ofuscación costera) [Cryptographic Script (Coastal Obfuscation)], 2022. Software (JavaScript) on browser installation, poplar wood, Mac mini, two 32" displays, HDMI cables, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Funders
Major support for the exhibition in both Americas Society and MAC is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The presentation of Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; by Etant donnés Contemporary Art, a program from Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States, with support from the French Ministry of Culture, Institut français, Ford Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, CHANEL, and ADAGP; and by the Smart Family Foundation of New York.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle contributors: Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Diana Fane, Galeria Almeida e Dale, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Vivian Pfeiffer, Phillips, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Erica Roberts, Sharon Schultz, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, and Edward J. Sullivan. The presentation of the exhibition at MAC in San Juan is made possible by support from Teiger Foundation.
