Existing comment:
Reynaldo García Pantaleón
born Santo Francisco, Dominican Republic 1967
Amarrao
2010
polymer plate etching on paper
For the artist, the floating cage at center holding trapped bodies represents immigrants who have fallen prey to crime in urban America. Many end up being deported back to their homeland. To express this state of social entrapment, García Pantaleón titles his print with the colloquial Dominican spelling of the word amarrado, or "tied up."
Museum purchase made possible by the R. P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.3.5 |