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Author:   Rachel Weiss
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.111kg
ISBN:  

9780816665150

ISBN 10:   081666515
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   25 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: To Build the Sky 1. Everyday Museum of the Revolution, Volumen Uno, Ricardo Brey, José Bedia, Juan Francisco Elso, Tomás Sánchez, Gustavo Pérez Monzón, Marta María Pérez, María Magdalena Campos Pons, Consuelo Castañeda, Ana Albertina Delgado, Leandro Soto, Flavio Garciandía, Gory, Alejandro Aguilera, Adriano Buergo. René Francisco Rodríguez, Grupo Puré, Segundo Planes, Tomás Esson, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Juan-Sí González, Arturo Cuenca 2. Laughing Glexis Novoa, Chago, Rubén Torres Llorca, ABTV (Tanya Angulo, Juan Pablo Ballester, José Ángel Toirac and Ileana Villazón), Raúl Martínez, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Aldito Menéndez, Ponjuán and René Francisco, Arte Calle, Grupo Provisional, Art-De (Arte-Derechos), Meditar, Baseball Game, Ángel Delgado, Tonel, Fernando Rodríguez, Pedro Álvarez, Douglas Pérez, Armando Mariño, Lázaro Garcia, Luis Gómez, Kcho, Manuel Piña, Sandra Ramos, José Angel Toirac, Félix Ernesto Pérez, Joel Rojas, Lázaro Saavedra, Alberto Casado, Luis o Miguel, Yoan Capote Interlude: Withdrawal 3. Museum National Museum of Fine Arts, Carlos Garaicoa, Manuel Piña, Iván Capote, Ernesto Leal, Gabinete Ordo Amoris, Las Metáforas del Templo. , Jorge Luis Marrero, Osvaldo Yero, Esterio Segura, Abel Barroso, Ibrahim Miranda, René Peña, Cirenaica Moreira, Juan Carlos Alom, Ezequiel Suárez/Sandra Ceballos/Espacio Aglutinador, Fernando Rodríguez, Luis Gómez, Abdel Hernández, Proyecto Hacer, Proyecto Pilón, DUPP (Desde una pedagogía pragmática, From a Pragmatic Pedagogy), Enema, Los Carpinteros, Kcho, Abigaíl González, Beverley Mojena, Ángel Delgado, Tania Bruguera, Taller Arte de Conducta, Celia y Yunior, Eduardo Ponjuán, Glenda León, Arturo Montoto, Jimmie Bonachea, Wilfredo Prieto, Adrián Soca, Fabián Peña Epilogue on the Horizon Notes Index

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Rachel Weiss is a major expert on contemporary art in Cuba. Her knowledge is the result of profound research and, more importantly, of her very active personal involvement. Her discussions on the 'New Cuban Art' are the result of a social and contextual approach, bursting with sharp views, provocative ideas, and personal experiences. To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art is the most important historical publication on the subject, and everyone who reads it will learn about Cuba and what's more: will live Cuba. --Gerardo Mosquera Rachel Weiss is a major expert on contemporary art in Cuba. Her knowledge is the result of profound research and, more importantly, of her very active personal involvement. Her discussions on the New Cuban Art are the result of a social and contextual approach, bursting with sharp views, provocative ideas, and personal experiences. To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art is the most important historical publication on the subject, and everyone who reads it will learn about Cuba and what s more: will live Cuba. Gerardo Mosquera

Rachel Weiss is a major expert on contemporary art in Cuba. Her knowledge is the result of profound research and, more importantly, of her very active personal involvement. Her discussions on the 'New Cuban Art' are the result of a social and contextual approach, bursting with sharp views, provocative ideas, and personal experiences. To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art is the most important historical publication on the subject, and everyone who reads it will learn about Cuba and what's more: will live Cuba. --Gerardo Mosquera

<p> Rachel Weiss is a major expert on contemporary art in Cuba. Her knowledge is the result of profound research and, more importantly, of her very active personal involvement. Her discussions on the 'New Cuban Art' are the result of a social and contextual approach, bursting with sharp views, provocative ideas, and personal experiences. To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art is the most important historical publication on the subject, and everyone who reads it will learn about Cuba and what's more: will live Cuba. --Gerardo Mosquera

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Rachel Weiss is professor of arts administration and policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has written extensively on Latin American art and cocurated the exhibitions The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now and Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s.

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