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Fear of Nostalgia
solo exhibition of John Michael
RusnakFototeca de Cuba
(Throughout February)
“Shot entirely in Cuba, this work reveals
to the world through the shades of
diversity what first drew Rusnak’s
attention of focus. Hoping to “encourage
reflection on recent social and political
mistakes and stimulate re-examination of
the lost opportunities for the elusive ‘ONE
WORLD’ promise of the 1960’s,” the social
commentary is communicated through a
series of five large format triptychs.”
Extract from review by Mani De Osu
Photography Fear of Nostalgia
Andrew Moore: Cuba
"Moore’s subject is history in process, and
in Cuba he finds history not just
happening but time-lapsed, history
waiting to take the next step. His Cuba,
lively, keen-eyed, terrible and lovely, has
the aspect of an unfinished collage. The
craft of collage, the recombining of
displaced, decommissioned things, is
often cherished as a form of salvage, or
even (mawkishly) as an art of redemption.
But there is no salvation or completion
until each scavenged part can be
persuaded to consign its origins and its
traumas to the past and agree to face the
future. This Cuba, unfinished and waiting,
has the querulous virtue of refusing to
forget.” Excerpt from introduction.
Sala de la Diversidad
Throughout
February
The new gallery Sala de la Diversidad opens with an exhibition by the Cuban biologist and
photographer Nicasio Viñas, which is dedicated to the variety of animal life in the Caribbean
region. The gallery will exhibit digital photos from seven high-resolution screens.
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