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Cuban Artists' Books and Prints : Libros y Grabados de Artistas Cubanos: 1985-2008 / Linda S. Howe, ed.
Books
REF.EC.1376
262 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 x 30 cm.; 1 videodisc (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
2009
Artists books series, Exhibition catalogs
"For over twenty years, the 13 acclaimed artists represented in this exhibition have ingeniously expressed their experiences of life in Cuba. They have survived cultural politics, difficult living conditions, and resource shortages that limited their access to the most basic materials like paper. Their creative responses range from romantic reverie and nostalgia to humor and irony. The exhibition gathers over 120 books, maquettes for unpublished projects, related prints, and printed objects. Many of the books were designed for Ediciones Vigia, a collaborative artists' press founded in 1985 in Matanzas...The opening of "Cuban Artists Books and Prints: 1985-2009" coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, but the intense independence of the works reveals the artists' creative resilience and imaginative power to negotiate the political, social, and cultural difficulties and paradoxical privileges ruling their careers over the past two decades" -- promotional matter
This is exhibition catalog is accompanied by a five-page promotional document about the exhibition, as well as a business card for the project, and a separate DVD.