Tag: Cuban art

stones that fit in the mouth

I. ritual vomiting At our last meeting, we talked about littleness. I said that's the way we should...

‘Nuit éternelle, désobéissance esthétique’: Cuban Nights in Montreal

I have not been back to Cuba in five years. Last time, I flew from Mexico to...

The Minimal Secret Strength of Sabrina Fanego

Art should not reveal mysteries, but enhance them, add mysteries to other previous mysteries. To introduce the...

Chronicle in “Abstract Times”—an exhibition in Havana

“Tiempos Abstractos” (“Abstract Times”) is, first and foremost, a bi-personal exhibition. It is a constructed sentence that...

The Fury of the Wind

Just as dogs feel when a storm is approaching, I can recognize the wind that precedes a...

Ana Mendieta: Anatomy of Uprootedness

“On September 11, 1961, a twelve-year-old girl named Ana María Mendieta boarded a KLM flight to Miami...

José Manuel Mesías: “Is the erection of a scarecrow...

José Manuel Mesías was born in Havana in 1990. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine...

The Night of Leandro Feal in Madrid

“Whoever falls ill with madness has no cure.” Marqués de Santillana There is a specific style of contemporary photography...