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After Laughter Comes Tears. Future Eternal exhibit essay (2019)
Words by IIII, Books BishopWords by IIII Published by Primary. Miami, FL. After Laughter Comes Tears. (Thank You: A.L. + C.G. + T.G. D.B. + R.R.) There is an energy that exudes from Carlos... -
DAYTONA EXHBIIT (Dec 2017)
Michele MeyersPhotographer leaves imprint on Daytona State Michele Meyers In Motion Staff Writer “Please cut me off if I talk too much,” laughed Carlos Betancourt as he shared fond memories of... -
THE PELICAN PASSAGE interview (2016)
Claire TanconsNovemeber 11, 2016 CT: Your work is suffused by Latin American and Caribbean traditions yet Pelican Passage is your first work taking on the large-scale performance dimension of the processional... -
Testigo de la Belleza (2016)
LiLLIANA RAMOS COLLADO'We cry because [pictures] are beautiful… Some can be so beautiful that they ambush unsuspecting viewers, provoking floods of emotion. At one point, I even thought of calling this book... -
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BEYOND PINK FLAMINGOS (2016)
Erica AndoBEYOND PINK FLAMINGOS AND ART FAIRS: A BRIEF HISTORY By Erica Ando History in South Florida, the saying goes, starts when you get off the plane. So it might be... -
SKira Rizzoli Imperfect Utopia INTRODUCTION (2015)
Petra MasonArtist Carlos Betancourt not only demonstrates an intelligent and exuberant use of post-modern artistic language, but he is very valuable yeast in the culture of the Caribbean and his home... -
Remarks on Style (2015)
Robert Farris Thompson3 May 2015 New Haven I trace two tendencies in the recent artworks of Carlos Betancourt, overall coloration making a composition completely white or completely purple, and a tendency towards... -
Memory as Truth (2015)
RICHARD BLANCOBeauty is truth, truth beauty that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Those are the closing lines from Ode on a Grecian Urn,... -
Q and A (2015)
Paul LasterPL: I initially saw your work in shows at Robert Miller Gallery in New York in the early 2000s. Tell me a little about your solo exhibit there. Few artists... -
Imperfect Utopia Monogram Skira Rizzoli Acknowledgment page (2015)
Skira RizzoliACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is dedicated to Alberto Latorre, mi gran amor. Thank you for sharing your insight, patience, and talents; collaborating with you is the most beautiful love. Gracias a... -
Huffington post (2015)
Maria BritoThe Unchanged Reality of Carlos Betancourt December 21, 2015 Carlos Betancourt is one of those artists who I felt I had known all my life. Even though we truly connected... -
Teaching Demo on Betancourt Exhibit (2015)
Cheryl HartupI Idea for consideration / Broad question How might you connect with your origins, using your body as the site for this encounter? II Problem In the aftermath of the... -
Vesica Piscis (2015)
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Synopsis Monogram Imperfect Utopia (2015)
Skira RizzoliCARLOS BETANCOURT SYNOPSIS FOR THE BOOK IMPERFECT UTOPIA Mixed-media artist Carlos Betancourt and his influential studio, Imperfect Utopia, helped to launch the Miami art scene in the 1980’s. Betancourt’s oeuvreis... -
Re-Collections 2 (2015)
CHERYL HARTUPCarlos Betancourt: Re-Collections Rock, waterfall, and wind, and a figure crouching still--all these of one mind.1 Cheryl Hartup “Human beings and objects are indeed bound together in a collusion in... -
CARLOS BETANCOURT (2014)
Johnny TsokosObserving Carlos’ art could be similar to stepping into them head first — I almost said heart first — where you find yrself thinking: “Am I dreaming these images or... -
Interview (2014)
JOHNNY TSOKOSINTERVIEW BELOW: Observing Carlos’ art could be similar to stepping into them head first — I almost said heart first — where you find yrself thinking: “Am I dreaming these... -
Ornament and Obsession (2013)
Mariangela CapuzzoOrnament and Obsession: The Fascinating World of Carlos Betancourt by Mariangela Capuzzo (Venice Projects exhibition catalog) Many contemporary artists use their own experiences as a platform to develop their artistic... -
SHopping Car Atomic Venice Projects (2013)
MArco VerengoSHOPPING CART ATOMIC By MARCO BERENGO (Venice Projects, gallery director) As soon as I saw Shopping Cart Atomic by Carlos Betancourt, a supermarket carriage overflowing with incongruous objects covered with... -
ANTROPOLOGY ATOMIC (2012)
Wesley GrisonAnthropology Atomic: Carlos Betancourt by Wesley Grissom from arbus magazine For Carlos Betancourt, examining & experiencing culture is essential to stimulating creativity. Throughout his career, the artist's flamboyant... -
The Art as an offering the body as an Altar (2009)
Janet BatetCarlos Betancourt: The Art as an offering; the body as an altar By Janet Batet (Arte Al Dia essay) Carlos Betancourt’s oeuvre is an explosion of sensations: lush, radiant, eccentric,... -
CARLOS BETANCOURT and LOUBOUTINS (2009)
Matilda AndersonThis story begins with a hot pink pair of Christian Louboutins so jaw dropping that my friend couldn’t help but call them “major” (major should be pronounced with a Posh... -
The slick territorial pissings of Carlos Betancourt (2006)
Pedro VelezThe Slick Territorial Pissings of Carlos Betancourt Brazen bodies with black charcoal, ink, leaf, poetry, and otherwise ordinary earthly materials are a few of the tools Carlos Betancourt uses... -
The Eye in the Sky (2006)
ROBERT FARRIS THOMPSONThe Eye of the Sky is Open: The Art of Carlos Betancourt. The Yoruba of Nigeria have an idiom for good weather: the eye of the sky is open. This... -
Robert Farris Thompson on the recent art of Carlos Betancourt (2004)
Start with his body. A recent self-presentation involves painting his face blue and his body warm red in “Apito y Cenizas with Letter to Alberto” [plate 1]. Blue glitter and... -
Of A Wondering Spirit (2003-4)
Antonio ZayaWhen I set out to make a selection of the most recent photographs of Carlos Betancourt to be exhibited in the Spinola Palace at Teguise (Lanzarote), which unexpectedly coincided with... -
Canaria 7 (2003)
Federico UtreraARTE CONTEMPORANEO PRIVADO Federico Utrera Cada día que pasa queda más en evidencia que las múltiples y variadas maneras de exponer arte se reducen en esencia a dos: museos, centros... -
CONTEXT From Miami to Santo Domingo (2002-03)
Antonio ZayaI Led by the Dominican artist Charo Oquet, in October, several of her Miami colleagues and she herself engaged in a day-long dialog with the colonial city of Santo Domingo,... -
Carlos Betancourt Recent Photographic Work (2002)
Denise M. GersonCARLOS BETANCOURT: RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK by Denise M. Gerson Associate Director of Curaturial Affairs, Lowe Art Museum University of Miami 'A photograph is a secret about a secret.... -
CARLOS BETANCOURT: ESCRITO SOBRE SU PROPIA PIEL (2002)
Antonio ZayaSi el cuerpo se identifica (1) cada vez mas como el ultimo lugar posible a partir del cual el individuo de nuestro tiempo puede fijar una identidad significante, y ello... -
Timba the Medicine (2001-02)
ROBERT FERRIS THOMPSONTimba the Medicine: The Art of Carlos Betancourt: by Robert Farris Thompson Carlos Betancourt comes from the sea of the Creoles, the Caribbean, cradle of mambo, timba, and merengue, cradle...
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