Caliban Revisited

This juried open call asked Latin American artists to respond to a re-imagining of Latin America and what being Latin American means in the 21st Century. Artists were encouraged to mine the fantastic mythology both autochthonous and that which was assigned to the Latin American continent during its period of discovery, settlement, colonization, and beyond. 

Using Latin American tales and myths as a point of departure and as a central theme to approaching the work, artists were encouraged to actualize, explore, revisit, and or reinterpret these myths so as to explore current issues of national identities and transcultural discourses and how these manifest themselves through present geo- political history, location, migration, displacement, and settlement among others.

ABOUT THE JUROR:

Juror Henry Bermudez is a highly regarded Venezuelan born, (Philadelphia based artist) with an illustrious artistic career spanning over 35 years whose work has been placed in public and private collections throughout Latin America, Europe, Central and North America.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Abel Vázquez, Ada Trillo, Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Brandon Lopez, Carlos A. Gil, Daniel Villarreal, Danny Torres, Jacqueline Unanue, Lina Cedeno, Marilyn Rodriguez, Melva Medina, Paula Meninato, Pedro Zagitt, Pedro Ospina.