Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia
by Paul Laster (Author), Robert Farris Thompson (Author), Petra Mason (Editor)
Paul Laster, Robert Farris Thompson, 2015
Hardcover, 238 pages
Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
ISBN: 978-0847846474
Dimensions: 10.4x1.12.3
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$120.00
Mixed-media artist Carlos Betancourt and his influential studio, Imperfect Utopia, helped to launch the Miami art scene in the 1980’s. Betancourt’s oeuvre is a lush explosion of radiant, eccentric colors in which he explores the kaleidoscope (multi-racial, multi-lingual, trans-cultural) of Caribbean and American culture. His work alludes to issues of memory, beauty, identity, and communication.
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