Art In Pandemic Times

Art In Pandemic Times

Commentary to PRISMA - New Years Resolutions by Virigina Alberdi Leo de la O (1986. Bayamo, Kuba) - 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 Pandemie. 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 artLesen Sie mehr …
Graphic Explosion at the Havana Cathedral

Graphic Explosion at the Havana Cathedral

- By Virginia Alberdi - In the itineraries through Havana, there is always a stop in the Havana Cathedral Square. The magnetism of the historical center of the city, because of the paradigmatic architectural values of the American Baroque, another attractive is particularly the interest of the public space surrounded of institutions related with the cultural and social life of Cuba at present time. To understand the former statement it is necessary to transcend the regular routines of the tourist walks; Über die Disposition hinausgehen, um einen Hemingway Mojito in Bodeguita zu bestellen…Lesen Sie mehr …
Duvier del Dago – Interview von Virginia Alberdi

Duvier del Dago – Interview von Virginia Alberdi

Im ausführlichen Interview, Der renommierte kubanische bildende Künstler Duvier del Dago spricht über seine einzigartige und intellektuelle Kunst, die Inspirationen aus seiner Kindheit und frühen Ausbildung, und seine Erfahrungen im prominenten kubanischen Kunstkollektiv, DUPP-Galerie. Er betont in seiner Arbeit die Integration historischer Ereignisse und des kollektiven Gedächtnisses, zeigt, wie diese Elemente seine kreative Vision geprägt haben. Dagos jüngste Kunstausstellung in Zürich konzentriert sich auf die ethischen Auswirkungen der Drohnentechnologie auf die Gesellschaft, Er verkörpert seine anhaltende Faszination für das Zusammenspiel von Technologie und Natur. Die Show spiegelt Dagos Überzeugung wider…Lesen Sie mehr …

Surrealism in Cuba?

- Von Virginia Alberdi Benitez - Alejo Carpentier, a Cuban writer of universal hierarchy, was a witness in Paris to the appearance of the surrealism in the European culture of the period between the World Wars. He even wrote articles for the magazine Revolution Surrealiste at the request of André Breton. Being pursued by the tyranny of Gerardo Machado that at the end of the twenties of the last century kept Cuba under his rule, the writer moved to Europe. The French poet Roberto Desnos, affiliated to surrealism, facilitated for Carpentier to move toLesen Sie mehr …