Lowe Connects: Radical Conventions: Cuban American Art from the 1980's
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 5:30pm to 6:30pm
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Lowe Connects: Radical Conventions: Cuban American Art from the 1980's
Join us for a conversation between Dr. Elizabeth Cerejido, Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair, Cuban Heritage Collection and Ana Clara Silva, Director of Exhibitions at Faena Art as they discuss Radical Conventions: Cuban American Art from the 1980's (on view through June 12, 2022 at the Lowe Art Museum).
A landmark exhibition, Radical Conventions is the first major museum presentation to focus solely on Cuban American art created during the 1980s. By exploring the heterogeneous nature of Cuban diasporic work from this pivotal decade, the show offers a critical counterpoint to an often binary, identity-focused narrative by framing the artists’ works more expansively within the aesthetic frameworks prevalent in the American avant-garde of the late 70s–80s and the era’s broader socio-economic, cultural, and political landscape. The exhibition features nearly 100 works by over 25 Cuban American artists representative of various generations including Luis Cruz Azaceta, Fernando García, Nereida García-Ferraz, Félix González-Torres, Tony Labat, María Martínez-Cañas, Luis Medina, Ana Mendieta, and Carmelita Tropicana.
Radical Conventions is presented in collaboration with the Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami Libraries. The exhibition is made possible due to generous support by the Knight Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, Funding Arts Network, American Alliance of Museums, Florida Department of State Division of Arts & Culture, Miami Dade County.
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