ブルックリン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ブルックリン美術館Instagram)「In his series Pure Plantainum, Miguel Luciano (@miguelluciano_ny) uses the plantain, a cultural symbol of the Caribbean, to explore the colonial dialogue between Puerto Rico and the United States. By coating an actual plantain in platinum, Luciano creates a contradictory object—mirroring the associations of the plantain itself—that is outwardly precious yet inwardly decomposing. The plantain has long had a complex symbolism in the Caribbean, tracing back to plantations, where sap stains on clothing easily identified plantation workers and became associated with race and class. The saying “la mancha del plátano” (the stain of the plantain) was used to speak of those with darker skin, as if blackness, Luciano says, was equated “to a stain upon skin or culture.” Plátano Pride confronts these anti-Black and colorist connotations while acknowledging contemporary changes in culture and identity, especially among Latinx youth in the United States, who have instead embraced the fruit as a symbol of cultural heritage and Afro-Latinx and Latinx pride. #ReflectionsontheCaribbean⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Miguel Luciano (American, born Puerto Rico 1972). Platano Pride, 2006. Chromogenic photograph. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2008.15. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist)」8月16日 21時33分