Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works from Cuba
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Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works from Cuba is a major exhibition developed by the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, offering audiences the opportunity to become acquainted with the island’s current artistic production. With more than 50 works of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, and installation art by 24 Cuban artists, this exhibition attests to the aesthetic and conceptual level that characterizes Cuban art today. The participants are mainly young artists who have attained international acknowledgement; the majority of them have taken part in fairs and biennals abroad, all have exhibited in Europe and Latin American and several in the United States, among them René Peña, Abel Barroso, Aimeé García, Yoan Capote, Roberto Fabelo, Luis Cabrera and Angel Ramírez.
Developed by Margarita Sánchez and Jorge Fernández, curator and director at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, and the Havana Biennal, the exhibition illustrates the features that have defined Cuban artistic production in recent years, especially the interest in focusing on the Cuban context in a reflexive manner with the languages in fashion. Polaridad Complementaria aims to create a dialogue by examining and comparing Cuba's political, historical, and common cultural links with the United States.
Specifications:
| Number of Works: | 54 works of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, and installation art by 24 Cuban artists |
| Curator: | Margarita Sánchez and Jorge Fernández, curator and chief curator at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana |
| Approximate size: | 3,500 square feet |
| Security: | Moderate security |
| Fee: | $30,000 |
| Reduced Fee until August 15: | Round trip shipping only For 8 weeks, June 2011 to July 2011 |
| Booking Period: | 8 weeks |
| Organized by: | The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana |
| Shipping: | IA&A makes all arrangements; exhibitors pay outgoing shipping within the contiguous US |
| Availability: | April 2011 to July 2011 November 2011 to December 2012 |
| Contact: | Margalit Monroe |
Tour Schedule:
Newcomb Art Gallery/New Orleans Museum of Art,
New Orleans, LA
January 16, 2010 - March 14, 2010
Sonoma County Museum,
Santa Rosa, CA
June 16, 2010 - September 5, 2010
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
October 16, 2010 - December 30, 2010
City Gallery at Waterfront Park, City of Charleston, Charleston, SC
February 4, 2011 - March 28, 2011
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
August 15, 2011 - October 20, 2011
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