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GONZALEZ (Gilberto). SCENES from El Barrio. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). s.d. [c. 1985-1990]. - GONZALEZ (Gilberto) SCENES from El Barrio . Philadelphia (Pennsylvania): Taller Puertorriqueño Inc., s.d. [c. 1985-1990]. 5 postais; impressão offset a preto e branco; 175×130 mm. A set of five photographic postcards produced by Taller Puertorriqueño Inc., a Puerto Rican cultural organization based in the heart of El Barrio in North Philadelphia (North Kensington), founded in 1974 by artists and activists as a community graphic arts workshop. Known as ”El Corazón Cultural del Barrio” (The Cultural Heart of the Barrio), the institution has become the main center for the promotion of Puerto Rican and Latin art and culture in the United States, with its historic headquarters on North 5th Street. The photographs, by Gilberto Gonzalez – a graphic designer associated with Taller and responsible for the Cinco Graphics graphic training program since 1989 – document urban scenes of the neighborhood: the Statue of Liberty covered with a Cuban flag, graffiti, murals, children in the street, and a facade of the institution with a decorative figure. The images directly articulate Latin cultural identity, urban space, and street art as a political and community statement. The collection functions as an artistic document and sociological testimony of the neighborhood. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate