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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York” is currently on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. The multi-venue exhibition (it continues at El Museo del Barrio and Loisaida Inc.) explores the radical social activist group The Young Lords and looks at how it was formed by Puerto Rican youths in the 1960s demanding reform. The exhibition feature 50 works that highlight the presence of women in the movement, the group’s struggle for the equal representation of Latinos in the media, and community actions in the South Bronx. The exhibition will be on view until October 18.
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Caecilia Tripp, "Music for (prepared) Bicycles" Score Two New York, 2013, HD video.
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The Young Lords Organization, cover of Palante newspaper (Volume 2, Number 7, July 17, 1970), newsprint.
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Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Archeological Find #21: The Aftermath, 1961, destroyed sofa, wood, cotton, vegetable fiber, wire, and glue on wooden backing.
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Sophia Dawson, Palante, 2015, acrylic and collage on canvas.
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Fred W. McDarrah, Pablo Guzman, Yoruba of the Young Lords, ca. 1968, vintage gelatin silver.
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Maximo Colon, Untitled, 1970, digital print.
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Miguel Luciano, Machetero Air Force One's (Filiberto Ojeda Uptowns), 2007, vinyl and acrylic on sneakers.
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