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Social Interest or Walmart at Santurce

Rogelio Báez2013

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rogelio Báez (1974) articulates a debate on the appreciation of what is usually defined as "progress" in urban areas, the interruption of natural landscapes, and human experience in public spaces. The conceptual challenge in his artwork also questions the gentrification processes that tend to displace communities in favor of superficial modernity. The large-format of the painting, and the lonely and colossal commercial building represented in the canvas, express some of the social disparities that affect the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico and its suburbs.

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  • Title: Social Interest or Walmart at Santurce
  • Creator: Rogelio Báez
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Physical Dimensions: Pending
  • Credit Line: Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Collection | Adquired with funds from Jóvenes Amigos del Museo
  • Subject Keywords: Progress, Urban, Gentrification, Superficial modernity, Commercial building, Walmart
  • Medium: Acrylic, industrial paint, enamel and graphite
  • Support: Canvas
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico

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