Shields/Escudos

2020

Miguel Luciano

Associated Names
Miguel Luciano

Artist, Puerto Rican, born 1972

The sculpture consists of ten yellow rectangular panels arranged in a slightly curved line, each supported by a thin black metal stand with a square base. The panels display segments of an orange-yellow surface with visible weathering, scratches, black horizontal lines, and some gray arches. The panels feature bold, capitalized text, which is fragmented across the panels, but put together it reads "TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR PACHECO PORTCOLAR PACHECO." One of the central letters has "CAPACIDAD 20 PASAJEROS" in small red letters. The entire sculpture stands on a wooden floor with a white backdrop.

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On View

East Building Upper Level, West Terrace


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metal from decommissioned school buses in Puerto Rico, wood, acrylic, and spray paint

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (each of 10 shields): 88.9 × 53.34 × 8.89 cm (35 × 21 × 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.38.1

More About this Artwork

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.


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