Tropicalamerican approaches the patriotic art tradition that for centuries artists like Rauschenberg, Johns, Hammons, among many others, have followed with the intent of canonizing events, aesthetics, and American culture. Rigorously crafted, Tropicalamerican was made using a variety of tropical leaves from Robert Rauschenberg’s Captiva terrain, collaged with simple shapes derived from traditional quilting practices. Once the collages were made, they were photographed and transferred to a digital format. Tropicalamerican inserts Soto's Latinx identity into the lineage of American art history, questions the responsibilities associated with geographical allegiances and alludes to the complexity of her nationality.
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