Shields/Escudos
2020
Miguel Luciano
Artist, Puerto Rican, born 1972
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Artwork overview
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Medium
sheet metal from decommissioned school buses in Puerto Rico and acrylic on wood
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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
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.