Word: guiltproof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shortage of first-rate Hispanic artists who work out of deep convictions about, and connections to, their Latin heritage -- artistic, religious and ideological. There are also mediocre ones who use their ethnicity as a lever to induce guilt in curators, if not dealers (who by now are guiltproof). But quite a few excellent painters and sculptors who happen to be Hispanic or black regard "minority" shows as a form of ghettoization. And some of the best, such as the sculptors Robert Graham and Manuel Neri, are virtually invisible -- or are not widely thought of as Hispanic...
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