Seventy-two U.S. Hispanic artists will be represented at the Smithsonian Institute's American Art Museum, in hopes of showing the beauty and prowess of Hispanic art as well as artists who have often been ignored, and deemed unfamiliar or exotic by American viewers.

The "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" exhibit will feature 92 works from the 72 artists, who are from the second half of the 20th century. E. Carmen Ramos curated the exhibit, asserting that Latino American artwork has not gotten its deserved recognition due to discrimination by mainstream museums.

"We are at a point in history where Latino art as a field is getting a lot more of attention, and we are now able to look at that broad contribution. So we are part of a wave of a revisionist activity that is looking at situation the Latino within the context of the United States," Ramos told the AP on Thursday.

The culture-rich, powerful artwork signifies artists from various backgrounds, including Mexican, Dominican, Cuban and Puerto Rican. And, they will encompass different mediums and artistic approaches, showing abstract expressionism, activism, conceptual art, performances, and traditional American portraits, stills and landscapes.

The six-month exhibition will feature "Man on Fire," a fiberglass sculpture by Luis Jimenez, who died in 2006, "Radiante" ("Radiant") by Puerto Rico-born Olga Albizu, Frank Romero, "Death of Ruben Salazar," which portrays the death of Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar and steel-and-fiberglass sculpture, "Vaquero" (1980), also by Luis Jimenez will greet patrons at the entrance.

"Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" is a national, travelling showcase and will go to Miami (March 28 - June 22, 2014); Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 21 - Jan. 11, 2015); Salt Lake City (Feb. 6 - May 17, 2015); Little Rock, Ark. (Oct. 16 - Jan. 17, 2016) and Wilmington, Del. (March 5 - May 29, 2016).