Meet the Artist: Perla de Leon on “South Bronx Spirit”
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- Creator
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- 1,103
- Video Title
- Meet the Artist: Perla de Leon on “South Bronx Spirit”
- Description
- Perla de Leon’s poignant photographs of the South Bronx in New York place into sharp relief the physical devastation of the neighborhood and the lives of the people who called it home. The artist discusses her 1980 series "South Bronx Spirit," which capture the life, laughter, and resiliency of the community in which de Leon was teaching at the time.
- Video Duration
- 3 min 38 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC Gallery Place Portrait Lunder Luce Conservation Kogod sculpture statues web series short film museum landmark culture humanities visual arts
- Uploaded
- 2017-12-04T21:14:33.000Z
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- YouTube Videos
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- americanartmuseum
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Art, American
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- yt_C1sLNhCl_5M
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