Caja De Memoria Viva II: Constancia Colon Clemente
This installation represents the life of Doña Constancia Colon Clemente a Black Puerto Rican who migrated to the United States in the 1940’s. Upon reflection, it is yet another example of the racial separation and rejection.
It won People's Choice awards in the Outwin Boochever 2016: American Portraiture Today exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC with the largest number of votes in the exhibition’s history (over 40K votes). It also won at the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington.
Charcoal on wood (outside)
48”(h) x 49”(w) x 48”(d)
2010
Charcoal on wood (outside detail)
48”(h) x 49”(w) x 48”(d)
2010
Found objects, vintage photos, audio (inside)
48”(h) x 49”(w) x 48”(d)
2010
Found objects, vintage photos, audio (inside detail)
48”(h) x 49”(w) x 48”(d)
2010
Smithsonian Museum National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DC
2016
Smithsonian Museum National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DC
2016
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington
2017
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, Missouri
2017
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, Missouri
2017
Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Cristi, Texas
2017
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017