A07=Raphael Montanez Ortiz
A14=Chon Noriega
A14=Yasmin Ramirez
A23=Patrick Charpenel
A24=Julieta González
A24=Rodrigo Moura
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- ISBN 9781882454211
- Dimensions: 191 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 13 Aug 2026
- Publisher: El Museo del Barrio
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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A seven-decade retrospective on the Destruction Art pioneer, Museo del Barrio founder and theorist of Ethnoaesthetics
This comprehensive survey is published for El Museo del Barrio's 2022 exhibition on the American artist, activist, educator and founder of El Museo del Barrio, Raphael Montañez Ortiz (born 1934). Spanning the 1950s to the early 2020s, the retrospective presents a generous sampling of his oeuvre including his film, painting, photography, video installation and assemblage work. From his early days as a key figure in the international Destruction Art movement to his activism as an artist of Puerto Rican heritage with the Guerrilla Art Action Group to his concepts of "Ethnoaesthetics" and "Physio-Psycho-Alchemy" (which positions meditation, ritual and breathing practices at the center of a series of performative and participative works), his work consistently challenges and expands art historical conventions. Raphael Montañez Ortiz: Destruction enhances the retrospective with plate images, archival material, text excerpts, critical essays and an updated chronology.
