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| Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca, Memoria & Memory, 2009 |
May 11 marked the commencement of the 11th
Annual Havana Biennial, which originated in 1984 as a tribute to the 25th
anniversary of the Cuban revolution. While the show originally featured artists exclusively from
Cuba and the Caribbean Islands, it has since expanded to showcase 180 artists from 40
countries around the world including the U.S., Brazil, and Austria. It will run until June 11.
Overlook Press is proud to fuel interest and enthusiasm for the
rich culture and art of the Pearl of the Antilles with the publication of CUBA: Contemporary Art (ed. Andreas Winkler and Sebastiaan A. C. Berger) this June. This
beautifully produced bilingual volume features over 50 contemporary Cuban
artists working today, revealing the unique, provocative, and influential
composition of this burgeoning art epicenter.
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| Michel Perez, Sympathy, 2008 |
Like the cultural climate of the country, the diverse
embodiment of Cuban art continues to change and develop, and the evolution of
the art scene and equivalent social consciousness is eloquently captured in
this stunning survey. Profiling contemporary artists across various mediums including photography, painting,
performance art, sculpture, and installation, it is the hope of editor Andreas
Winkler that this stunning volume “creates another bridge to and from the
island.”
CUBA: Contemporary Art profiles over 50 of Cuba’s most
influential living artists including Juan Carlos Alom, Sandra Ceballos, and
Felipe Dulzaides, and includes 500 color images of their work. This timely tome is
an essential contribution to the understanding and appreciation of Cuba’s
contemporary art landscape today and over the last fifty years.
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| JR/Jose Parla street art at 2012 Havana Biennial |
Advance Praise for
CUBA:
Contemporary Art
“It is rare that a
collection of this breadth presents works of such a uniformly high standard
that are so consistendly provactive and experimental. The book provides exceptional insight into contemporary
Cuan art and the aesthetic and critical innovation it embodies.”—Publishers
Weekly, starred review
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