Cuban Exhibition: Unbroken Ties
November 12, 2006 - March 18, 2007
As the title suggests, Unbroken Ties is an exhibition that focuses on the survival and perpetuity of Cuban values and the Cuban character beyond the island.
The exhibition features contemporary Cuban art—paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture and video presentations—created by 38 Cuban artists; twelve artists live on the Island of Cuba and twenty-six live in exile in various countries.
Guest Curator Jorge H. Santis states: “Unbroken Ties offers the public not only a panoramic lesson on survival—a triumph of will power over adversity—but also demonstrates that neither time nor distance can erase the spiritual, behavioral and cultural linkage that exists between compatriots.”
The art in the exhibition is divided in three sections—Paradise Lost, Risking Life and Limb and Unbroken Ties: A New Reality. The first section examines the geographic and ideological aspects of the island of Cuba as a paradise, and its subsequent deterioration. The second section introduces the viewer to the Cuban Diaspora and the dangerous voyages that many Cubans attempted to leave the island in search of a better future. The third section offers a reflective view of the various cultural practices and beliefs that unite all Cubans.
The exhibition is drawn from the permanent collection of Cuban art from the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (MoA FL). The museum holds the largest and most comprehensive collection of contemporary Cuban art outside of Cuba.
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