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Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

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Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

Mixed-media artist Carlos Betancourt and his influential studio, Imperfect Utopia, helped to launch the Miami art scene in the 1980â€™s. Betancourtâ€™s oeuvre â€¨is a lush explosion of radiant, eccentric colors in which he explores the kaleidoscope (multi-racial, multi-lingual, trans-cultural) of Caribbean and American culture. His work alludes to issues of memory, beauty, identity, and communication.Â He bends the lines between art, photography, and nature in his photographs, collages, painting, installations, and conceptual pieces.
Carlos Betancourtâ€™s imagery reinterprets the past and present and offers it in a fresh context. He is inspired by Puerto Rico, Miami, and his extensive travels; also artist Ana Mendietaâ€™s interventions in nature, Robert Rauschenbergâ€™s assemblages, Andy Warholâ€™s perceptions, Neo Rauch compositions, and a Federico Fellini-esque cast of characters for his photo assemblages.
This exuberant volume explores Betancourtâ€™s body of work, with more than 250 images and texts by art critic Paul Laster, art history professor Robert Farris Thompson and United States Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco.

His artwork is included in the permanent collections of various museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Portrait Gallery, and The Smithsonian Institute.

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780847846474
ISBN	0847846474
Label	Skira Rizzoli
Manufacturer	Skira Rizzoli
MPN	200 colour illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	238
PartNumber	200 colour illustrations
PublicationDate	2015-10-20
Publisher	Skira Rizzoli
ReleaseDate	2015-10-20
Studio	Skira Rizzoli

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