Joel GaitanProtección de Ibeyi
About
This grouping features artists working within craft typologies to develop innovative approaches to the body. Nicaraguan artist Joel Gaitan looks to traditional hand-built clay potteryto create vessels of fashionable self-expression, while the signature inlaid leather technique of Puerto Rican-born artist Frank Diaz Escalet results in seductive forms of undulating figures. Through formal invention, both artists innovate a representational language that draws on historical and contemporary cultural referents.
Loan Duration
2 years
Loan period
Fall 2025-2028
Total Artworks
3
Century
20th, 21st Century
lending Museum
El Museo del Barrio
Facility Requirements
Artworks can be hung together or dispersed throughout the galleries.
Support
Art Bridges covers all costs to prepare and ship the artworks to the borrowing museums. The foundation encourages borrowing museums to apply for accompanying Learning & Engagement funding to support the activation and interpretation of Partner Loan Networks artworks. Learning & Engagement funding supports multidisciplinary programming, interpretive materials, and community outreach.
