Published by El Museo del Barrio. Foreword by Patrick Charpenel. Introduction with text by Julieta González, Rodrigo Moura. Text by Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Chon Noriega, Yasmin Ramirez.
This comprehensive survey is published for El Museo del Barrio's 2022 exhibition on the American artist, activist, educator and founder of El Museo del Barrio, Raphael Montañez Ortiz (born 1934). Spanning the 1950s to the early 2020s, the retrospective presents a generous sampling of his oeuvre including his film, painting, photography, video installation and assemblage work. From his early days as a key figure in the international Destruction Art movement to his activism as an artist of Puerto Rican heritage with the Guerrilla Art Action Group to his concepts of "Ethnoaesthetics" and "Physio-Psycho-Alchemy" (which positions meditation, ritual and breathing practices at the center of a series of performative and participative works), his work consistently challenges and expands art historical conventions. Raphael Montañez Ortiz: Destruction enhances the retrospective with plate images, archival material, text excerpts, critical essays and an updated chronology.
Published by RM/Museo del Barrio. Edited with text by Javier Rivero Ramos. Text by Patrick Charpenel, Kevin Hatch, Chon A. Noriega, Ana Perry. Interview by Pedro Reyes.
With more than 200 color images, primary documents, an exhibition history and previously unpublished texts by the artist, this is the first monograph on multidisciplinary artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz (born 1934).
Raphael Montañez Ortiz