Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book

Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book

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Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime Pocket Book

By Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Karen Marta, Editors

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

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, Sharon Schultz, 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.

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