Lot 8A
"Contemporary Art from Cuba" Exhibition Proofs (1998)
"Contemporary Art from Cuba" Exhibition Proofs (1998)
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7 Hand-Signed Printers Proofs by Various Contemporary Cuban Artists - Pedro Alvarez, Carlos Estevez, Luis Gomez, Malaquias Montoya (Mujer Zapatista), Fernando Rodriguez (phones), Jose Angel Toirac (Fidel), Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernandez). Original, hand-signed printer's proofs printed in conjunction with "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island" at Arizona State University Museum. Published by Segura Publishing Company, Tempe and Armstrong-Prior, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998. Each print is signed by the respective artist. Size (each print): ~30" L x 22" W (76.2 cm x 55.9 cm)
Description of "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island" exhibition (September 27, 1998 - December 13, 1998) from Arizona State University: "In present day Cuba, humor has come to play an essential role in coping with the challenges of everyday life in the face of an uncertain national destiny. In September 1998, the ASU Art Museum opened Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island , an exhibition of the work of 17 contemporary artists working in Cuba today.
These artists are young, ranging in age from 24 to 39; many of them are Afro-Cuban. While they are the generation that voices skepticism about the pieties of the socialist Revolution, they remain loyal Cubans. Included in the exhibition are Pedro Alvarez, Belkis Ayon, Abel Barroso, Jacqueline Brito, Yamilys Brito, Carlos Estevez, Rene Francisco, Carlos Garaicoa, Luis Gomez, Kcho, Los Carpinteros, Sandra Ramos, Fernando Rodriguez, Esterio Segura, Jose A. Toirac, Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernandez), and Osvaldo Yero.
They comment on shortages, persistent racism, the manipulation of history, and the tragedy of the balseros who left on makeshift rafts, the contradictions between revolutionary rhetoric and present day Cuban reality." (source: Arizona State University Art Museum website)
Publication: Literature: G. Mosquera, et. al. "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island" 1999, p. 96 (partial series, illustrated in color).
Provenance: private Bozeman, Montana, USA collection, acquired before 2015; consignor was co-owner of Segura Publishing Company, Tempe, Arizona and acquired this piece directly from Segura during his tenure
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191277
- Condition: Excellent. Excellent. All are hand signed, dated, and inscribed "PP" for printers proof in pencil. Most are also titled in pencil.
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