Gisela Colón on Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the Power Beneath the Island
ARTnews.com reports that Puerto Rico–born artist Gisela Colón, who left San Juan in 1987 on a Truman scholarship and previously worked in environmental law in California, is the subject of two institutional solo exhibitions: “Radiant Earth” at the Bruce Museum and “The Mountain, The Monolith” at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. Represented by dealer Walter Otero, Colón has built an international profile over the past decade with installations from Desert X AlUla to sites near the Pyramids of Giza, and her work is held by institutions including LACMA, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and El Museo del Barrio. Curators Margarita Karasoulas and Danielle O’Steen describe her “organic minimalism,” including hand-cast wall “pods” and light-reactive monoliths made with plastics, engineered pigments, and aerospace-grade materials, with several works referencing Puerto Rican landscapes and stones sourced near her California studio.
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