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Exhibition

Migration Stories: Arizona Collects Cuban Art

04/07/2023 to 06/02/2024 Located in First Floor Katz Wing

Migration Stories: Arizona Collects Cuban Art features contemporary artworks that explore the complex histories of Cuban exile.

Kcho, Para olvidar (In Order to Forget), 1996. Kayak and beer bottles. Collection of ASU Art Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the ASU Art Museum Store, the Friends of the ASUAM, and by The FUNd at Arizona State University Art Museum. Photography by Craig Smith.

about the exhibition

Twenty-five years ago, as part of a larger commitment to broaden awareness and support for artists working in areas of conflict in Latin America, the Arizona State University (ASU) Art Museum brought 17 Cuban artists to Arizona to exhibit and produce art. Their presence and work left a strong impression on the region, as evident in the Phoenix Art Museum Collection, the ASU Art Museum Collection, and other regional museum collections, even today.

Reynier Leyva Novo, What it is, what it has been (Lo que es, es lo que ha sido), 2022. Polyfoam and painted Aqua-Resin. Courtesy of the artist and El Apartamento. Installation view, Phoenix Art Museum.

Reynier Leyva Novo, What it is, what it has been (Lo que es, es lo que ha sido), 2022. Polyfoam and painted Aqua-Resin. Courtesy of the artist and El Apartamento. Installation view, Phoenix Art Museum. (Header) Kcho, Para olvidar (In Order to Forget), 1996. Kayak and beer bottles. Collection of ASU Art Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the ASU Art Museum Store, the Friends of the ASUAM, and by The FUNd at Arizona State University Art Museum. Photography by Craig Smith.

José Bedia, Isla jugando a la guerra (Island Playing at War), 1992. Acrylic and found objects on canvas. Gift of Mr. James Lytton-Smith, Mrs. R. Kress, Mr. and Mrs. H. Luce and Mr. and Mrs. A. Haas, by exchange. Courtesy of José Bedia and Fredric Snitzer Gallery.

Migration Stories: Arizona Collects Cuban Art draws from the collection of Phoenix Art Museum and other regional collections to shine a spotlight on the complex histories of Cuban migration marked by periodic waves of departure since the 1959 Revolution. Many featured artists emigrated at different moments along this historical trajectory, and their works explore themes of loss, discrimination, and struggled passage.

IMAGE CREDIT

José Bedia, Isla jugando a la guerra (Island Playing at War), 1992. Acrylic and found objects on canvas. Gift of Mr. James Lytton-Smith, Mrs. R. Kress, Mr. and Mrs. H. Luce and Mr. and Mrs. A. Haas, by exchange. Courtesy of José Bedia and Fredric Snitzer Gallery.

Sandra Ramos, Malecón (Pier), 2013. Video 4 minutes 18 seconds. Collection Kasser Mochary Art Foundation, Tucson.

The exhibition provides deeper context to PhxArt’s simultaneous presentation of the special-engagement exhibition Juan Francisco Elso: Por América, organized by El Museo del Barrio in New York City. It is also presented in conversation with exhibitions Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum’s Cuban Art Collection and Reynier Leyva Novo: Methuselah.

IMAGE CREDIT
Sandra Ramos, Malecón (Pier), 2013. Video 4 minutes 18 seconds. Collection Kasser Mochary Art Foundation, Tucson.

EXHIBITION SPONSORS

Migration Stories: Arizona Collects Cuban Art is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.

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