Carlos Betancourt: Imperfect Utopia

by Richard Blanco and Robert Farris Thompson

Mixed-media artist Carlos Betancourt and his influential studio, Imperfect Utopia, helped to launch the Miami art scene in the 1980's. Betancourt's oeuvre is a lush explosion of radiant, eccentric colors in which he explores the kaleidoscope (multi-racial, multi-lingual, trans-cultural) of Caribbean and American culture. His work alludes to issues of memory, beauty, identity, and communication. He bends the lines between art, photography, and nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847846474
• ISBN13: 9780847846474
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.2" x 12.3"