A landmark exhibition opening in March at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will give U.S. audiences their first comprehensive look at modern and contemporary Cuban art in more than 70 years. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Gary Tinterow said the show will provide a critically important new perspective on Cuba's cultural history at "an ideal moment," citing the easing of relations initiated by President Barack Obama in 2014. Through painting, graphic design, photography, video, installation and performance spanning six decades, the show will explore pivotal artistic movements that developed as Cuba's artists confronted their country's social and political programs. A few of those works will reappear in "Adios Utopia": Los Carpinteros' Soviet monument-inspired "Podgaric Toy," made of black Legos; Yoan Capote's "Stress (In Memoriam)," which combines human teeth with concrete and wood; and Tania Bruguera's "Estadística (Statistics)," a flaglike construction of cardboard, human hair and fabric, owned by the MFAH. During that period, she also hung a lamb carcass from her neck while consuming a mix of soil and salt water, inspired by a story about indigenous Cubans who said they'd rather eat dirt than yield to Spanish conquistadors.
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By Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle: Entertainment
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 8:03am
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