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A while back, Code Z hipped you to Obsidian Arts, Inc. right here. Well Our Minnesotan friends are at it again.
Curator and artist Christopher-Aaron Deanes has selected visual, performance, and spoken word artists to give shape life to Afro Cuba: Cognoscenti. Presented at O.A.I., Afro Cuba (on display through June 30) adds to the never-ending narrative that is the African Diaspora.
Contemporarily known as a political football and as the home of revolutionaries and well-crafted cigars, Cuba also represents yet another view of the cultural mystic brew that merging the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe birthed. The complexities created while trying to hash out spiritual, personal, and political freedoms washed upon U.S. shores in the guise of literary, culinary, visual, and performance arts; all of which are invaluable pieces of the American tapestry.
With contributions from visual artists Daniel Alvarez, Luis ‘El Estudiante’ Rodríguez, Lidia Ester Aguilera Sanchez, Yopiz Martinez, poet Clyde Fraser, and dancers Rene Thompson and Pamela Plagge; the work generated in celebration and contemplation of the country’s history is likely to take on the robust complexion of a good café cubano.
Afro Cuba includes an artists discussion (May 14th) and an Afro Cuban History panel (May 26th). So, if you find yourself in the area, check out the show and let Code Z know what you think.
25 April 2007