East Building Upper Level, West Terrace
Artwork overview
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Medium
metal from decommissioned school buses in Puerto Rico, wood, acrylic, and spray paint
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (each of 10 shields): 88.9 × 53.34 × 8.89 cm (35 × 21 × 3 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.38.1
More About this Artwork
Installation view of Miguel Luciano, Shields/Escudos, 2020, in no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 23, 2022–April 23, 2023). Photograph by Ryan Lowry.
Article: Miguel Luciano’s Portrait of a Puerto Rico in Crisis
The artist confronts us with the contemporary Puerto Rican experience.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; purchased 2023 by NGA
Associated Names
Bibliography
2025
Delgado, José A. "Arte en honor de la protesta social. Dos obras de Miguel Luciano sobre reiveindicaciones públicas en Puerto Rico se exhiben en la Galería Nacional de Arte." El Nuevo Día, 55, 19965, (29 June 2025): 14-15.