Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

Mixed-media artist Carlos Betancourt and his influential studio, Imperfect Utopia, helped to launch the Miami art scene in the 1980â€™s. Betancourtâ€™s oeuvre â€¨is a lush explosion of radiant, eccentric colors in which he explores the kaleidoscope (multi-racial, multi-lingual, trans-cultural) of Caribbean and American culture. His work alludes to issues of memory, beauty, identity, and communication.Â He bends the lines between art, photography, and nature in his photographs, collages, painting, installations, and conceptual pieces.
Carlos Betancourtâ€™s imagery reinterprets the past and present and offers it in a fresh context. He is inspired by Puerto Rico, Miami, and his extensive travels; also artist Ana Mendietaâ€™s interventions in nature, Robert Rauschenbergâ€™s assemblages, Andy Warholâ€™s perceptions, Neo Rauch compositions, and a Federico Fellini-esque cast of characters for his photo assemblages.
This exuberant volume explores Betancourtâ€™s body of work, with more than 250 images and texts by art critic Paul Laster, art history professor Robert Farris Thompson and United States Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco.

His artwork is included in the permanent collections of various museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Portrait Gallery, and The Smithsonian Institute.
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli
Manufacturer Skira Rizzoli
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 200 colour illustrations
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-10-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780847846474

Country	USA
Brand	Rizzoli
Manufacturer	Skira Rizzoli
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	200 colour illustrations
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2015-10-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780847846474

Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

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