ARTE CALLE GROUP: Most Controversial Exhibition (1988)

Cuban Performance Art (Chronology)
ARTE CALLE (Street Art) an "Action Painting" and "Grapphitti" Cuban group of the latter 80's in Havana, Cuba.

"9 ALQUIMISTAS Y 1 CIEGO" ("Nine Alchemists and One Blind Person") was a very controversial Exhibition. A "One Night Show".

PLACE: Galeria L. Vedado, Habana, Cuba. Oct. 13, 1988.

About the Title: Arte Calle propose that the 9 exhibitors, were THE ALCHEMISTS, and the public, THE BLIND PERSON.

During the *3 Hours Exhibition, a series of events non planned took place: *Ariel Serrano, author of "El Che" along the floor of the gallery, was attacked physically by an spectator. *Somebody arrived to the show dressed as policeman, but making fun of them, as we may see at the end of this video. And finally, *a group that those not was part of the exhibitors group, made a classic 'Action Painting' over 'El Che'.

The Artists Showed:
Ariel Serrano: "El Che: Hecho Historia o Hecho Tierra". Pedro Vizcaino: Installation of russian posters and puppets as communist leaders. Hugo Azcui: is the man on the floor & author of "Malevich Over Malevich". Ernesto Leal: *Author of title "9 Alchemists..." & "Masturbation", Conceptual Big wall to the bottom of the gallery. Ofill Echevarria: "Atari Humana" (the spectator had the opportunity to watch in private some short Plays). Ivan Alvarez: "I am a Soldier of the Mother Country", big Painting about the Military service in Cuba (those not appear complete in this video). Works by Eric Gomez: "The Triumph of the power", Max delgado y Alan Gonzales were impossible to save for the video.
Also work in on this show: Adria Perez, Adriana Rojas, 'El Chen'.
*Marta Limia, Director of the gallery at that time, was suspended on her position.

Arte Calle Group apear in books as:
"New Art of Cuba", By Luis Camnitzer.
"Collectivism After Modernism (The Art of Social Imagination After 1945)"
"In: Corpus Delecti. Performance art of the Americas", By Coco Fusco.
"Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against the House" By Andrea O'Reilly Herrera.
"Tania Bruguera's Book"

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Cuban
• Performance
• Art
• (Chronology)
• Visual
• Arte
• Calle
• Ofill
• Echevarria
• El
• Che
• Guevara

[Generacionasere]

Recordamos eso. Muy valiente y además, en aquel momento sacudió a los que veníamos detrás.

Gracias!

[iranplata]

Muchos nos fuimos y ahora estamos en la calle por el arte. Pero Arte calle sigue vigente porque continuamos también siendo un experimento.

[BlancoMile]

A veces me pregunto que hubiera pasado si nos hubieramos quedado todos en Cuba. Creiamos tanto en ustedes y era tan maravilloso vivir la vida de aquella manera. ArteCalle quedaré en la memoria del arte comprometido cubano y en nuestra memoria quedo como la marca de lo que para siempre seremos.