Crossings presents more than forty years of artistic production by Imna Arroyo Cora, who began her studies at the School of Plastic Arts in Puerto Rico and completed them at the Pratt Institute in New York and Yale University in Connecticut. The exhibition brings together a series of installations created during different periods, evoking the artist's quest to connect with and honor her ancestors. This exhibition marks the first time that Imna Arroyo Cora has presented a sample of graphic and sculptural work in Puerto Rico.
Crossings It features the curatorial work of Professor Humberto Figueroa Torres, who is also in charge of the exhibition design, the Caribbean art critic and historian, Professor Yolanda Wood, and the curator and collector Benjamín Ortiz.
Regarding the themes that inspire Arroyo Cora's work, Professor Figueroa Torres tells us: "It is the Antillean and American religiosity, with its richness of forms and ceremonies, that serves as a nourishing source for the artist to scale her imagination. The creation of engravings for prints on fabric and paper leads her to modeling with clay and paper and to the construction of sculptures and objects with an environmental tone displayed in installations."
On the other hand, Caribbean art critic and historian Yolanda Wood expresses in her writing: “These territories of enunciation have been selected by the author to revere her humble origins, her condition as a woman and as a black woman, also committed to all those chapters of her life to break a pre-existing logic and construct a discourse with critical and anthropological perspectives.”.
“Nature informs my experience and search for identity, which aims to recover my spiritual and cultural heritage. In my installations, I strive to honor my ancestors and acknowledge the indelible mark they have left on the lives of their descendants, as well as on the broader cultural landscape. My work explores the different manifestations of nature, spirit, and the beliefs of African ancestors; it gives voice to their stories, activating both physical and spiritual spaces.", said artist Imna Arroyo Cora about her work.