Revolución sin la Revolución (Revolution without the Revlotution) is another solo exhibition of the artist Hamlet Lavastida that will have its opening today in Frankfurt am Mein (Germany) at KFW Stiftung Villa 102. The work is an examination of the visual language of Cuban socialism. By revealing how state narratives shape historiography, Lavastida calls for…
A part of the installation “Vida profiláctica” by Hamlet Lavastida, has been included this week in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, one of the most prestigious in contemporary art, based in Madrid, Spain. “Vida profiláctica” was created by Lavastida between 2014 and 2021, was already part of the exhibition…
Hamlet Lavastida and Juan Miguel Pozo, a first time together in the exhibition Sociograms curated by Dot Fiftyone Gallery in Miami (USA). "Sociograms" is a thought-provoking experience that challenges perceptions and encourages a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between art, politics, and culture – declares the gallery. As resident artists in Berlin, Lavastida and Pozo…
This is another exhibition curated by the collective Forma Foco and Entre art space in Vienna that is a part of the series CUBAN ART RESISTANCE. How Long Have You Been Blind focuses on the current context of Cuba, in particular on the events of July 11, 2021, when the Cuban people staged the largest…
This is Hamlet Lavastida's first solo exhibition in Crone Gallery in Vienna. Internal order is composed of large-scale wall installations, delicate paper cuttings, and a video work in which Lavastida examines the repressive methods of totalitarian states and the rebellion strategies of oppositional peace and freedom movements.
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The beginning of November is abound with artistic events featuring Hamlet Lavastida. On November 3, 2023 one can enjoy the art in three places in the world that we recommend. Hamlet Lavastida is one of the artists whose works will be featured in the exhibition “Revolutionary Romances. Global Art Historíes in the GDR” in…
ALIBI Exhibition Poster, Forma Foco, 2023, manipulated image of Voltus V (mecha genre anime created in 1977, directed by Tadao Nagahama)
We are pleased to invite to the opening of ALIBI exhibition organized in collaboration by ENTRE gallery and FORMA FOCO. Forma Foco is a creative collective raising awareness in international artistic contexts about Cuban…
We are happy to inform that our curator, Solveig Font, became a fellow of 2023 Cuban Migrant Artist Resilience granted by Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) and Pen International. The Cuban Migrant Artists Resilience Fellowship provides artists with a resilience grant of 7,000 USD and six months of personalized individual virtual training and professional development…
July 11, 2021 it was the day when Cuban people all over the island went to the streets in protest. For the first time they demanded apart from bread and a right to decent life, the regime to step down. The dictatorship responded with massive machine of repression. A lot of people had been detained,…