Jose Piedra

Alfonso Munoz

Maria Dominguez

Identity/Polemics: Latino Artist's Conversations

GALA Hispanic Theatre

April 12 - May 6, 2007

This collection of paintings, photographs and digital images represents a critical development in the DC contemporary art scene, as it exposes themes of socio-political disenchantment, feelings of manipulation, desire, acculturation, dreams, and romance through a Latino perspective rarely witnessed in the Washington’s galleries and museums.  The selected artists were chosen because of their work’s powerful content as well as their resonance with the play’s themes¾i.e. war, the military, Puerto Rican nationalism, and feelings of displacement.

Three representatives of the Latino Diaspora, Maria Dominguez, Jose Piedra and Antonio Muñoz, reveal their preoccupations with contemporary issues through digital media and painting by manipulating images from mainstream media and transposing them into familiar settings, creating a dialogue between spectator and creator.

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