\"Born in 1934, Ortiz grew up in a working-class environment in New York during the Great Depression, World War II and the Korean War. But if he was deeply involved in and impacted by these events, his development as an artist was equally oriented toward the ascendant art world of New York. Since the late 1950s, Ortiz has contributed to international art movements centred on performance, installation, participation and the moving image. Ortiz produced recycled films in 1958, the same year that Bruce Conner is credited with establishing the genre (after earlier examples by Joseph Cornell and others) and, as a film-maker, he represents a parallel development alongside established or canonical movements within the American avant-garde. Today, however, he is primarily known within the context of Latino art; his involvement in late modern film and art is less noted, despite his rather extensive involvement in the New York and international art world during the late 1950s to the mid-60s.\" - Chon A. Noriega, Afterall nr 21, Summer 2009
Click here to read the essay 'Against the Archive: Raphael Montañez Ortiz's Destructivist Cinema', by Chon A. Noriega published in Afterall nr 21, Summer 2009.
Works by Raphael Montanez Ortiz /
Inger Lise Hansen
