Academic Journal
Performance Art, Race, and Contemporaneity in the Dominican Republic.
| Title: | Performance Art, Race, and Contemporaneity in the Dominican Republic. |
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| Authors: | Castellano, Carlos Garrido1 carlos.garridocastellano@ucc.ie |
| Source: | Latin American Research Review. Mar2022, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p42-59. 18p. |
| Subject Terms: | Performance art, Artists, Neoliberalism, Time |
| Geographic Terms: | Dominican Republic |
| Abstract (English): | This essay discusses issues of time and temporality in relation to performance art from the Dominican Republic. It contends that Dominican performance artists are advancing critical understandings of what is to be contemporary. The essay considers the work of David Pérez “Karmadavis,” Sayuri Guzmán, and José Ramia as expressing the role of artists in defining and delving into what it means to make art in and of the present, while simultaneously challenging the presentist understanding of time linked to neoliberalism. From this perspective, the article examines the potential of performance art for criticizing and expanding our understanding of time and temporality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Portuguese): | El presente ensayo aborda cuestiones de tiempo y temporalidad a partir del arte performativo dominicano. El principal argumento defendido en estas páginas consiste en afirmar que los artistas de performance de la República Dominicana están proponiendo ideas críticas y radicales acerca de lo que significa ser contemporáneo/a. El artículo analiza la obra de David Pérez “Karmadavis”, Sayuri Guzmán y José Ramia como ejemplos del papel que los artistas llevan a cabo a la hora de definir y problematizar las implicaciones de hacer arte en y del presente, manteniendo al mismo tiempo un posicionamiento crítico en relación a la interpretación del tiempo presentista y unilateral asociada con el neoliberalismo. Desde esta perspectiva, el ensayo destaca la importancia del performance para cuestionar y ampliar nuestra percepción del tiempo y la temporalidad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00238791 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/lar.2022.3 |
| Database: | Business Source Complete |