Rafael Montañez Ortiz
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Rafael Montañez Ortiz is a pioneering Puerto Rican-born artist and educator known for his contributions to destruction art and for advancing Latino and Latin American representation in the U.S. art world.
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| instanceOf |
artist
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conceptual artist → educator → performance artist → person → video artist → |
| birthDate |
1934-10-24
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| birthPlace |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| employer |
Mason Gross School of the Arts
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Rutgers University → |
| ethnicGroup |
Puerto Rican
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| familyName |
Montañez Ortiz
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| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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experimental film → performance art → video art → |
| founded |
El Museo del Barrio
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| foundedIn |
1969
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| foundedInPlace |
East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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| genre |
destruction art
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experimental film → video art → |
| givenName |
Rafael
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| hasRole |
Latino art advocate
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cultural activist → museum founder → |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Fluxus movement → Surrealism → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Spanish → |
| movement |
Fluxus
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Happenings → Neo-Dada → destruction art → |
| name |
Rafael Montañez Ortiz
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| notableFor |
advancing Latino and Latin American representation in the U.S. art world
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founding El Museo del Barrio → pioneering destruction art practices → |
| notableWork |
Archaeological finds series
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Film destruction pieces → Piano Destruction Concerts → |
| occupation |
artist
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educator → professor → |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Art
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El Museo del Barrio
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Rafael Montañez Ortiz
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