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i Kristine Stiles. “Raphael Montañez Ortiz” in Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Years of the Warrior 1960, Years of the Psyche 1988. (New York: El Museo del Barrio), 1988. 8. ii Ibid. iii Ibid. iv Raphael Montañez Ortiz. “Destructivism: A Manifesto”. In Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Years of the Warrior 1960, Years of the

Psyche 1988. (New York: El Museo del Barrio), 1988. 52. v Ibid.

vi Ibid. vii “Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950”. (Washington DC: Hirschorn Museum) 2014. Found at: http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/resource-centre/#detail=http%3A//www.hirshhorn.si.edu/bio/damage-control-art-and-destruction-since-1950/&collection=resource-centre&title=Damage+Control%3A+Art+and+Destruction+Since+1950 viii Yasmin Ramirez. “An Interview with the Destructive Artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz”. (Unpublished, from the archives of Raphael Montañez Ortiz), 1996. ix Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, “Unmaking: The work of Raphael Montañez Ortiz,” in Unmaking: The Work of Raphael Montanez Ortiz. (Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 2007), 5. x Raphael Montañez Ortiz. “The Artist and the Community” in Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection. (New York: El Museo del Barrio), 2004. 13. xi