MacArthur ‘genius’ makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots
The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the s0-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation." MacArthur Foundation "When I left the town of La Vega to go to art school […]