Existing comment:
Miguel Luciano
born Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1966
Detrás de la oreja
2010
screenprint and rubber stamp on paper
"Black behind the ears" is a colloquial expression that alludes to Dominicans' African ancestry, which has long been marginalized in national narratives. Luciano's print questions this rejection. On the left, he portrays a figure whose skin color shifts from beige to brown. On the right, he cites the racial terms that avoid a connection to blackness and which appear on Dominican official documents like passports. To suggest an alternative, Luciano juxtaposes these terms with a silhouette of a Black person.
Museum purchase made possible by the R. P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.3.9 |