Vaiv?n: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

Twenty-five years of creative expression from Puerto Rican artists working in Puerto Rico and across its U.S. diaspora

Connoting back and forth movement, the word vaiv?n is frequently used to describe the supposed ease with which Puerto Ricans travel between the United States and Puerto Rico. Not just physical but also psychological, this diasporic oscillation is inextricably linked to Puerto Rican heritage, and the fluidity between the two geographies is constant, complex, and profound.

A collaboration between the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota and Hidrante, San Juan, Vaiv?n: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora showcases the work of forty-three intergenerational artists working from Puerto Rico and its U.S. diaspora who explore the hybridity of memory, language, place, and ancestral knowledge as they relate to acts of witnessing, resistance, and kinship. Highlighting their many artistic genres and styles, this bilingual volume uplifts the cultural and political dynamism and shifting interpretations of home and belonging that are inherent to Puerto Rico amid the perpetual transnational migrations of its people.

Artists: Candida Alvarez, Genesis B?ez, Sula Bermudez-Silverman, Ricardo Cabret, Melissa Calder?n, Rodr?guez Calero, Colectivo Moriviv?, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Gisela Col?n, Cristina C?rdova, David Antonio Cruz, Maritza D?vila-Irizarry, Larissa De Jes?s Negr?n, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Estrella Esquil?n, M?nica F?lix, C?ndida Gonz?lez, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Ivelisse Jim?nez, Juanita Lanzo, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo, Olivia Levins Holden, Ricardo Levins Morales, Nora Mait? Nieves, H?ctor M?ndez Caratini, Javier Orf?n, Josu? Pellot, Joey Qui?ones, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Elizabeth Robles, Amber Robles-Gordon, Jezabeth Roca Gonz?lez, Shellyne Rodriguez, Luis Rodr?guez Rosario, Ra?l Romero, G. Rosa-Rey, Juan S?nchez, Beatriz Santiago Mu?oz, Amarise De?n Santo, Edra Soto, Bibiana Su?rez, Nitza Tufi?o, William Villalongo.

Contributors: Yomaira C. Figueroa-V?squez, Mar?a Elena Ortiz, Carlos Ortiz Burgos, Monica Uszerowicz.

Author: Teréz Iacovino
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 3.14lbs
Size: 11.67h x 9.04w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9781517919764
Language: English