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Edra Soto
June 6-28, 2009
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Edra Soto. Promotional Banner for the Inter-Continental Hotel, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1960-1975
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UBS 12 x 12 Artist Talk: Edra Soto

Soto's installation, The Chacon-Soto Show, focuses on Iris Chacon, the charismatic Puerto Rican performer who starred in the 1970s variety television show El Show de Iris Chacon. Despite sexually provocative costumes and performances, the legendary diva became a popular family entertainer. Flamboyantly dressed and flanked by male backup singers and dancers, Chacon became a symbol of the liberated Puerto Rican woman. For this work, the artist analyzes issues of sexuality specific to Puerto Rican culture through the double filter of her adult understanding of US feminist issues and childhood memories of Chacon on television.
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