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2017 | 4(94) | 61-80

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HOW MANY CUBAN LIVES WILL IT TAKE TO BUILD AN ISLAND? (NOTES ON AN ISLAND APART: CUBAN ARTISTS IN EXILE)

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Autor prowadzi rozważania na temat sztuki współczesnych twórców amerykańskich kubańskiego pochodzenia, zainspirowany wystawą An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile. Celem tej wystawy było zaprezentowanie dokonań w zakresie sztuk plastycznych i kultury zamieszkałych w Stanach Zjednoczonych Kubańczyków, których zainteresowania twórcze koncentrują się na zagadnieniach tożsamości, procesie kształtowania przestrzeni publicznej i sposobach poznawania rzeczywistości. Na wystawie zgromadzono dzieła znanych i cenionych na arenie międzynarodowej artystów młodego i średniego pokolenia, takich jak: Pavel Acosta, Alejandro Aguilera, Jairo Alfonso, Angel Delgado, Coco Fusco, Frank Guiller (Rank), Armando Marino, Maritza Molina, Carlos Martiel, Fabian Pena i Juan Si Gonzalez
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This article is an approximation to the narratives of the contemporary Cuban-American art while reviewing critically the exhibition An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile, that explore contemporary Cuban art and culture inside the United States, focusing on issues of identity, place-making, and ways of knowing. The exhibitions feature works by prominent and internationally recognized emergent and mid-career Cuban artists: Pavel Acosta, Alejandro Aguilera, Jairo Alfonso, Angel Delgado, Coco Fusco, Frank Guiller (Rank), Armando Marino, Maritza Molina, Carlos Martiel, Fabian Pena and Juan Si Gonzalez.

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2017

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  • North American Academy of the Spanish Language USA

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