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Art from the Island Nation: Transnational Cuba and the Myth of Isolation, a
one-day symposium held in conjunction with UCR Sweeney Art Gallery's
exhibition The Signs Pile Up: Paintings by Pedro Álvarez, and the
publication of the book of the same title by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery and
Smart Art Press, will explore the racial, economic, cultural, and
iconographic complexities of Cuban identity during the Special Period
(which occurred during the 90s) through the work of one of this generation's
leading Cuban artists, Pedro Álvarez, whose work addressed the myth of
Cuba's isolated state in regards to Cuban identity.
Schedule:
11:00 AM - HMNSS 1500 (campus map)
Kevin Power
12:00 PM - HMNSS 1500 (campus map)
Antonio Eligio Fernandez
3:00 PM - Sweeney Art Gallery (map)
Carmen Cabrera
5:00 PM - Sweeney Art Gallery (map)
Reception
6:00 PM - Sweeney Art Gallery (map)
Panel Discussion
Kevin Power, Antonio Eligio Fernandez
and Carmen Cabrera