Artist Alfredo Sosabravo discusses his work on view in the exhibition “Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art.” Sosabravo is largely self-taught with three major themes – nature, people, machines – interwoven into his work.
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“Under the Spell of the Palm Tree” Q&A
You asked, we answered! The Harn Museum kindly asked visitors to submit questions about its current Cuban art exhibition. The curators behind Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art have received your questions and are ready to continue the conversation. The exhibition features artworks...
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It isn’t unusual for artists to build upon content of the past, whether they are imitating it, criticizing it, or tearing it down. (I can’t help but think of how Robert Rauschenberg purchased a drawing by Willem de Kooning and then erased it! It was titled Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953.) As...
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