Chemi Rosado Seijo

El Cerro (The Hillside)

Maker

Chemi Rosado Seijo (American, b. Puerto Rico, 1973-)

Title

El Cerro (The Hillside)

Year

2000

Dimensions

106.7 x 261.6 cm (42 x 103 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2005.16.1

Type

Exhibition History

Island Nations
New Art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
Oct 29, 2004 – Jan 20, 2005

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In this ongoing project, Rosado Seijo solicits the cooperation of the residents of the impoverished and crime-ridden town of Naranjito, Puerto Rico, to repaint their homes in different shades of green. In reclaiming the verdant grace of the surrounding mountains, the camouflaged community that is slowly materializing speaks of social unity and convergence with nature, dreams to which the Caribbean seems particularly given.

En este proyecto aún en construcción, Rosado Seijo solicita la cooperación de los residentes de Naranjito, un pueblo de Puerto Rico azotado por la pobreza y el crimen, para que pinten sus casas en diferentes tonos de verde. Al recobrar el verde encanto de las montañas circundantes, la comunidad camuflada, que lentamente se materializa, se vuelve un testimonio de cohesión social y comunión con la naturaleza: sueños que el Caribe es tan propenso a darse.

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Chemi Rosado Seijo (American, b. Puerto Rico, 1973-)
El Cerro (The Hillside), 2000
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106.7 x 261.6 cm (42 x 103 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2005.16.1

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