Object Details
- Artist
- María Magdalena Campos-Pons, born La Vega, Province of Matanzas, Cuba 1959
- Exhibition Label
- Campos-Pons’s braided and dreadlocked hair, which meanders across the multipaneled composition, takes the shape of a spiral constellation, or a nest, the temporary home of migrating birds. She created this work, which merges elements of photography, painting, and performance, to explore the parallels between her migration from Cuba and the displacement of Africans during slavery. Each photograph can be read as a dreamy landscape or a lyrical trace of diasporic memories.
- Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Copyright
- © 2004, María Magdalena Campos-Pons
- 2004
- Object number
- 2013.23A-P
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography
- Medium
- instant color prints
- Dimensions
- each print: 24 x 20 in. (61.0 x 50.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2013.23A-P
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b468ee70-0027-41c9-8980-c8e6a12b9578
