The cuban artists Alexis Leyva (Kcho) and Rafael Villares combine their talent in contemporary arts to bring the project to life unknown landwhich integrates the selection of the 59 Biennial of Venicein Italy, according to official media.
The exhibition of the creators of the Caribbean nation, together with the Italian Giuseppe Stampone, goes through the installation process inside the pavilion dedicated to Cuba in the European event, which since 2013 has been staged on the island of San Servolo, reports the agency Latin Press (PL).
As reported by the National Council of Plastic Arts of Cuba, the selection includes pieces by the three artists, curated by the president of the entity, Norma Rodríguez, and curated by the director of the Wifredo Lam Center, Nelson Ramírez, reports the media.
? Starting on April 23, the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale will be held, in which Cuban artists Alexis Leiva Machado (Kcho) and Rafael Villares Orellana will participate, representing Cuban Plastic Arts.#Venice Biennale #contemporary art #CubaSculpture pic.twitter.com/ddGbSex28X
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“We are already at the Venice Biennale”, announced Kcho from his profile on the social network Instagram, while highlighting the importance of this exhibition, the third of his career within the Italian event, the oldest of its kind in the world. .
With the collaboration of Maretti Editore and Genesis Art Galleries, unknown land “groups a set of polychrome sculptures with smaller measures than usual, adapted to the available space”, details the document reviewed by PL.
The text also indicates that the exhibition includes a sample of works in white, blue and red belonging to the project of steel sculptures, created by Kcho and inspired by social problems such as emigration, poverty, war, despair and the need to carry out Dreams.
Scheduled from April 23 to November 27, the event also hosts the work bequeathed by Cuban Belkis Ayónwhich bears the stamp of Afro-Cuban traditions to describe an imaginary matriarchal society, the agency recalls.
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Likewise, creators from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela join the event, which also have exclusive spaces in an event focused on the principles of environmental sustainability.
In this sense, the report indicates that the Biennial will articulate the work of 213 artists from 58 nations around themes such as the efficient consumption of resources, the integration of a circular economy, collaboration and social issues, such as machismo and the representation of women. and non-binary or gender fluid people.
As the epicenter of the centennial Venice Biennale, the exhibition The Milk of Dreamswhich will exhibit contemporary pieces and new projects conceived specifically for the occasion, presented together with historical works from the 19th century, as a dialogue between past and present, the medium specifies.
