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Alex Guerrero
born Bani, Dominican Republic 1960
Vista Psicotrópica
2010
screenprint on paper
Guerrero visualizes a hallucination: a humble and brightly hued Dominican house transported to a rooftop in New York City. This visage conjures how immigrants hold on to aspects of their home culture while setting roots in a new place.
Museum purchase made possible by the R. P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.3.7 |