Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
October 11, 2003 — March 6, 2004
image credit: José Angel Toirac, Meira Marrero,
and Patricia Clark, La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), 2000. Video
triptych, installation. Courtesy of the artists.
RECEPTION
Saturday, November 1, 2003
7- 9 p.m.
Dual reception that evening with the exhibition
Gary Hill (Opening)
CUBAN ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
In 1999, five-year old Elian Gonzalez became the focus of international conflict.
His mother had drowned in the effort to leave Cuba, and little Elian was rescued
only to become the center of a tug-of-war over whether he should be given
permanent status in the United States or returned to his father in Cuba. During
a residency at Arizona State University, Cuban artists José Angel Toirac
and Meira Marrero worked with American artist Patricia Clark to make La
Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), a video triptych that juxtaposes American
and Cuban coverage of the daily vicissitudes in this child's life. A series
of objects that reflect the tension between his experience and "normal"
childhood complement the triptych.
This work is included in an exhibition of works from the permanent collection, which includes a focus on contemporary art from Cuba. The exhibition includes works added since the origination of the exhibition Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island, with the triptych among works commissioned by the Museum.
Artists in the Exhibition
Included in the exhibition are works by Pedro Alvarez, Belkis Ayón,
Abel Barroso, Jacqueline Brito, Yamilys Brito, Patricia Clark, Carlos Estévez,
René Francisco, Carlos Garaicoa, Luis Gómez, Kcho, Los Carpinteros,
Meira Marrero, Sandra Ramos, Fernando Rodríguez, Esterio Segura, José
A. Toirac, Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernández), and Osvaldo Yero.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Marilyn A. Zeitlin, CUBAN ART FROM
THE PERMANENT COLLECTION will be installed in the ASU Art Museum's
Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
CUBAN ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
(October 11, 2003 — March 6, 2004) is open at the Nelson Fine Arts Center:
Tuesday from 10am to 9pm, Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Friends of the
ASU Art Museum and the ASU Art Museum Store.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival
on the Utopian Island
Spectrum: An Idea of History
Cops and Robbers: Drawings by Lucio Muniain
Not Quite Myself Today
Screenshots: Digital Drawings by Jon Haddock
William Kentridge: Ubu Tells the Truth and
Other Stories
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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