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Yunior Chiqui Mendoza
born Santiago, Dominican Republic 1964
Bananhattan
2010
inkjet and screenprint on paper
Mendoza reimagines New York City's subway map as if it were a yellow plantain speckled with black spots that convey its ripeness. Plantains are a tropical fruit especially associated with Dominicans and Dominican Americans. Mendoza's print suggests how Dominican Americans have transformed the culture of New York.
Museum purchase made possible by the R. P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.3.10 |