Reinvenciones,
La ubicuidad de las identidades en lo fotográfico desde el Caribe
Artists: Alejandro Cartagena, Nicolás Derné, Polibio Díaz, Patricia Encarnación, Diana López, Joiri Minaya, Citlally Miranda, Eliazar Ortiz Roa, Raquel Paiewonsky, Andrés Ramírez Gaviria, Roberto Stephenson, Juan Alfonso Zapata, Domingo Batista, José Antonio Ramírez, Julio González, Max Pou, Pedro José Borrell, Pedro Nicasio, Santiago -Chaguito- Morel, Víctor -Cuqui- Cabrera, Wifredo García, and the Juana y si no su hermana collective.
Curators: Sara Hermann and Joel Butler Fernández
Coordinators: Sara Hermann, Laura Bisonó Smith and Céline Rodríguez Limón
Date: January – March 2024
Venue: Sala Guayasamín and Sala Frida Khalo, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
Reinventions, the ubiquity of identities through photography in the Caribbean consists of two fundamental conceptually intertwined sections: 1960s and 1970s historical photography and the continuation of various themes and points of view present in them, that carry into contemporary images.
The first part is dedicated to historical photography generated in the Dominican Republic after three decades of the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (1930-1961), replacing the previous production, loaded with romanticized and sweetened contents of reality, and based mainly on the exegesis of the prevailing regime. In addition to exploring the origins of contemporary Dominican photography, this selection highlights the contributions of this artistic expression in the search for possible components of a new national imaginary. The selection reveals some prominent references and paradigmatic elements of the society and space being constructed in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean from the 1960s onwards.
Following this historical core, a space dedicated to the production of contemporary meaning is proposed, named “Found Subject.” This section presents a coherent historical continuity in the practice of photography from an expanded Caribbean in contemporary times. The photographic as an act, event, and language shows an undeniable independence that is evident in its range of action and influence and in the unequivocal recognition of the multiple identities that inhabit us.
The exhibition was produced as a collaboration between Casa de América in Madrid, Spain, and Centro León in the Dominican Republic; curated by Sara Hermann and Joel Butler Fernández.
