Hurricane Maria Changed Puerto Rico In A New Exhibit Artists Reflect In a new exhibition at the whitney museum of american art, 20 puerto rican creatives present work inspired by the continuing impact of the 2017 hurricane, which devastated their homeland. Nov 20, 2022. 0. after hurricane maria struck puerto rico in 2017, artist gabriella báez's life changed. it wasn't just the material stress of living through the hurricane the widespread death and devastation, and shortages of food, water, and gasoline. or the societal issues that followed, including austerity measures, power outages.
Hurricane Maria Changed Puerto Rico In A New Exhibit Artists Reflect A central theme explored in the exhibition is foreign ideation and consumption of the island, as seen in sofía gallisá muriente’s video collage b roll (2017).here, field recordings from the 2016 puerto rico investment summit play over promotional videos featuring familiar tropes of idyllic caribbean beaches and first rate resorts, parodying a capital paradise for foreigners. A response from artists to hurricane maria and its aftermath is billed as the first major u.s. museum exhibition of puerto rican art in nearly 50 years. the 2017 disaster inspired some 50 works by. On september 19, 2017, as hurricane maria ravaged puerto rico, curator marcela guerrero was in new york city taking care of her newborn daughter. like millions of puerto ricans in the diaspora, guerrero, who had started her role as assistant curator at the whitney museum just five months before, waited for updates from her family back home. New york city the whitney museum of american art is hosting a major exhibit of puerto rican artists in the meatpacking district inspired by the devastation left behind by hurricane maria in 2017.
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