Beyond the Supersquare explores how contemporary artists from Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions have responded to the aggressive rise of Latin America’s urban centers and the ways in which those urban areas have evolved since the mid-20th century. Also examined is the social critique of political, social, economic, and environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, including unstable economies, ad hoc urbanism, militarized police forces, and rapidly exhausting natural resources.
Beyond the Supersquare will highlight critical interpretations by contemporary artists, architects, and scholars of modernist architectural projects executed in Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil.
Beyond the Supersquare:
On view: May 1, 2014 to January 11, 2015
Open House: May 4th, 2014 2-5pm
3pm: Performance of Moebius, a contemporary dance with choreography by Sally Silvers and featuring contemporary dancers Melissa Toogood and Dylan Crossman.
Sound design by Bruce Andrews.
Bronx Museum: 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10456
Artists in the exhibition will include:
Leonor Antunes, Portugal. Alexander Apóstol, Venezuela. Alexandre Arrechea, Cuba. Felipe Arturo, Colombia. Alberto Baraya, Colombia. Carlos Bunga, Portugal. Los Carpinteros, Cuba. Jordi Colomer, Spain. Livia Corona Benjamin, Mexico. Felipe Dulzaides, Cuba. Magdalena Fernández, Venezuela. Fernanda Fragateiro, Portugal. Carlos Garaicoa, Cuba. Mario García Torres, Mexico. Terence Gower, Canada. Patrick Hamilton, Belgium/Chile . Quisqueya Henríquez, Cuba. Diango Hernández, Cuba. Andre Komatsu, Brazil. Runo Lagomarsino, Argentina. Pablo León de la Barra, Mexico. Daniela Ortiz, Peru. Jorge Pardo, Cuba. Manuel Piña, Cuba. Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Peru . Mauro Restiffe, Brazil. Pedro Reyes, Mexico. Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Puerto Rico. Maria Martínez-Cañas, Cuba + Rafael Domenech, Cuba. Alessandro Balteo Yazbek, Venezuela + Media Farzin, U.S
About VAEA…
The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts was founded on June 13, 1990 in New York with the mission of strengthening the ties of friendship between the United States of America and Venezuela through bi-national cultural and social programs. Our Mission is to promote through the visual and performing arts a deeper and richer understanding by Venezuelan citizens of U.S. culture, and by U.S. citizens of Venezuelan culture. VAEA aims to do this by supporting, including by funding the conduct of activities such as exhibitions, performance, publication, distribution and dissemination of works and information regarding, visual and performing arts in and of both countries, and by providing funding and other support to individuals and organizations including domestic tax-exempt and foreign charitable organizations and otherwise to support and conduct activities in furtherance of VAEA purposes.
About the Bronx Museum…
Founded by community activists in 1971, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is an internationally-recognized contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its Permanent Collection, Exhibitions, Education Programs, and free Public Programs. the Museum offers a diverse lineup of enriching arts programming that includes high quality contemporary art exhibitions; free or subsidized art education programs to Bronx youth attending schools that have been forced to cut or eliminate arts classes; and free public events such as concerts, film screenings, poetry reading, and storytelling gatherings that create engaging spaces for local residents to celebrate the cultural vibrancy of the Bronx.
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Mail: The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts, 25 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10004
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