From painting to photography, the artist’s sophisticated hybrid aesthetic echoes the very condition of being Nuyorican.
Arlene Dávila
Arlene Dávila is a Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at NYU. Follow her on Twitter @arlenedavila1.
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Two Latinx Artists Take On Gentrification from the Perspective of Those Displaced
Shellyne Rodriguez and Danielle De Jesus powerfully respond to the continued attacks on their neighborhoods with works that validate and uplift elements of everyday urban Latinx life that are usually devalued.
Posted inOpinion
In Memoriam of the Art World’s Romance With Diversity
A post-coronavirus art world that downsizes and shrinks can not be at the cost of artists and creatives of color.
