Flor de Puerto Rico, 2024, stitched fabric, 59 x 50 in. / 149.86 x 127 cm.

Flor de Puerto Rico, Jo-Ann Morgan, 2024, stitched fabric, 59 x 50 in. / 149.86 x 127 cm.

“Flor de Puerto Rico” depicts a beautiful woman surrounded by Hyacinths, the national flower of Puerto Rice. Inspired by Chita Rivera, it offers something lovely about Puerto Rico, prompted after a speaker at one of Donald Trump’s campaign rallies called the country “garbage."