Victor LinaresSiembra de Tabaco
About
The Museo de Arte de Ponce is making several thematic groupings of art available for loan through our Partner Loan Network.
A grouping of seven oil and acrylic paintings measuring in size from 14 x 16 in. to 48 x 81 in. by artists working across Latin America during the second half of the 20th century. Featured are Puerto Rican artists Miguel Pou y Becerra (1880-1968) and Myrna Báez (1931-2018), as well as Cuban artist Emilio Sánchez (1921-1999). The works range from tightly cropped still lifes to colorful aerial vistas of Mexican and Puerto Rican markets, and a mountainside tobacco plantation. Markets and foodstuffs have been a central motif of Latin American art since the Colonial era, when the region was portrayed as a bountiful land of resources ripe for extraction and consumption by European settlers. Unpacking the historical connotations of this aesthetic is a central tenant of decolonial practices and unlocks broader contemporary queries about the legacy of colonialism.
Loan Duration
2 years
Loan period
2025-2027
Total Artworks
7
Century
20th Century
lending Museum
Museo de Arte de Ponce
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.
