New Art of Cuba: Revised Edition

Luis Camnitzer

University of Texas Press, 2003 - Art - 408 pages

Starting with the groundbreaking 1981 exhibit called "Volumen I," New Art of Cuba provided the first comprehensive look at the works of the first generation of Cuban artists completely shaped by the 1959 revolution. This revised edition includes a new epilogue that discusses developments in Cuban art since the book's publication in 1994, including the exodus of artists in the early 1990s, the effects of the new dollar economy on the status of artists, and the shift away from socialist themes to more personal concerns in the artists' works. Twenty-four new color plates augment the more than 200 b&w illustrations of the original volume.

Contents

• Opening of Volumen I exhibit installation by Gustavo Pérez: 2
• Flavio Garciandía All You Need Is Love: 8
• Flavio Garciandía Catálogo de las malas formas: 19
• Rubén Torres Llorca works at Volumen I exhibition: 25
• Leandro Soto finishing a piece: 31
• Manuel Mendive Che: 37
• José Bedia Es el dueño del hierro: 43
• Ricardo Rodríguez Brey Un objeto inocente detail: 49
• Sacred Ahuehuete tree: 55
• Rogelio López Marín Gory Es sólo agua en la lágrima de un extraño: 62
• CUBAN INFLUENCES ON THE 1980S GENERATION: 68
• Antonia Eiriz Mi compañera: 69
• Raúl Martínez 26 de julio: 72
• Raúl Martínez Mario García Joya Mayito and Antonia Eiriz untitled: 78
• Umberto Peña Tú haces brrr con mi electricidad: 86
• Anonymous poster on the death of Ana Mendieta: 92
• Víctor Manuel Garcia Gitana tropical: 102
• Raúl Martínez Lucía: 111
• Eduardo Abela Guajiros: 134
• Anonymous Martí Addressing the Tobacco Workers: 139
• Juan Bautista Vermay San Atanasio: 152
• THE GENERATIONS FOLLOWING VOLUMEN I: 172
• Grupo Hexágono Seis amigos visitan un paisaje: 174
• Arte Calle performance 1987: 180
• Nilo Castillo Picasso: 195
• José Franco Cebra y leopardos somos todos: 209
• Marta María Pérez Bravo Cascada: 216
• Antonio Eligio Fernández Tonel Dos mojones: 223
• Tomás Esson Vuelta de carnero: 229
• Glexis Novoa Practical Stage: 235
• Lázaro Saavedra drawings from Te estoy mirando: 242
• Robaldo Rodríguez untitled acrylic painting 1988: 248
• Ponjuán and Rodríguez untitled drawing 1987: 256
• Eduardo Ponjuán Iluminación: 260
• Gustavo Acosta La capacidad de aguantar lo que caiga: 266
• Consuelo Castñeda untitled acrylic painting 1986: 273
• Alexis Somoza Movimiento 26 de julio: 279
• Ibrahim Miranda untitled woodblock: 286
• Luis Gómez El herrero el artesano el creador detail: 292
• Alexis Leiva Machado Kcho La peor de las trampas: 294
• José Angel Toirac untitled pencil drawing on printed page 1988: 313
• POSTSCRIPT: 319
• SECOND POSTSCRIPT: 325
• Tania Bruguera recreation of the work of Ana Mendieta: 326
• Angel Iñigo sculpture at the zoo Guantanamo: 366

About the author

Luis Camnitzer is Professor Emeritus of Art at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

Bibliographic information

• Title: New Art of Cuba: Revised Edition; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
• Author: Luis Camnitzer
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0292705174, 9780292705173
• Length: 408 pages
• Subjects: Art / Caribbean & Latin American; Art / Criticism & Theory; Art / History / Contemporary (1945-); Art / History / General; Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)