Art In Cuba

Prisma 5 – Call For Artists

Prisma 5 – Call For Artists

Prisma 5 - The Team In times of relative democratization of technologies, it seems that creators depend less and less on others to carry out their work. There are those who believe that individualism is one of the marks of contemporary art. However, here and there proposals born from the effective collaboration of two or more artists come to light, and the result does not usually imply the limitation of capacities or the renunciation of certain poetics, but rather the happy confluence of dissimilar ways of assuming the fact aesthetic. And that collective…Read more …
PRISMA 4 – Curating in Virtual Space

PRISMA 4 – Curating in Virtual Space

Behind many exhibitions of visual arts is the figure of the curator, in charge of spinning themes and speeches, to function as an interpreter between the receiver and a certain aesthetic proposal. The Havana Biennial has been, throughout its history, an eminently curatorial event, focused on reflecting on the problems of the Third World through the art produced in these regions. Coinciding with the 14th edition of it, ArteMorfosis proposes to encourage curatorial practice as a creative exercise, generator of meanings and knowledge that provide new readings about Cuban art and its context.…Read more …
Art In Pandemic Times

Art In Pandemic Times

Commentary to PRISMA - New Years Resolutions by Virigina Alberdi Leo de la O (1986. Bayamo, Cuba) - Ruinas Circulares | Circular RuinsFrom the Series Inhabited Absence, 2020, Mixed on paper and canvas, 123 x 200 cm The pandemic  No one imagined the devastating effects of the Covid 19 pandemic. No country in the world has been spared. In addition to the millions of infections and the consequent lethality the economy is in crisis and the social fabric is being ruptured. Culture has not been exempted; museums and galleries are closed, and art…Read more …