Expanded
graphics
Representing one of the main areas of focus of El Museo’s permanent collection, this section emphasizes artworks that use graphic reproducibility to put images and social messages into mass circulation. The section includes 16th century illustrations about the Americas produced for European audiences; linocuts created in Mexico and Puerto Rico between the 1930s and 1950s; serigraphs and posters created during the 1970s Nuyorican art movement; text-based installations and conceptual works; as well as artworks that expand beyond the printed page.
Highlights
Marcos Dimas, Lolita Lebrón: Puerto Rican Freedom Fighter, 1971. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. W91.1460.
Iliana Emilia García, Me quieren, 2005. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Gift of the artist, 2006. 2006.19.
Muriel Hasbún, X post facto (11.3), 2009. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Museum purchase. 2018.1.
Suzi Ferrer, Ream Clean, 1971. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. W91.55
Coco Fusco, Year of the White Bear: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West / Guatinaui World Tour, 1992–1993, 1993. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Gift of Coco Fusco. 2009.2.1.
Manuel Hernández Acevedo, El Mangle, 1971. Serigraph. Collection El Museo del Barrio, New York. Museum Purchase. W91.286.
Lorenzo Homar, La guagua, 1955. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Gift of Susan Sollins in Memory of Sonya Peretz Sollins and Irving V. Sollins. W92.248.14.
Alfredo Jaar, Terra Non Descoperta, 1991. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Purchased from the Artist with the Museo Acquisitions Fund via The Ford Foundation. S93.63.
Carlos Jesús Martinez Dominguez/FEEGZ, Antillano soy, 2011. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Gift of Carlos Jesús Martinez Dominguez/FEEGZ. 2012.12.
Ethel Shipton, Change/Cambio, 2020. Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York. Gift of the Artist and Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX & NYC, 2021. 2021.015.0002.