Artist Eduardo Ponjuán discusses his work on view in the exhibition Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art. Eduardo Ponjuán’s essential contribution to Cuban contemporary art is three-fold: as a prominent painter, draftsman, installation and conceptual artist.
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Coffee with the Curators
In Praise of Africanist Interns of the Harn’s Curatorial Department
I have enjoyed and benefited from working with interns from the University of Florida and other institutions for over 17 years, and noted that they have become an increasingly vital part of the Harn. Adding their creative and innovative ideas as they perform a multitude of tasks that are essential to...
Coffee with the Curators
Unconventional Collaborations
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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Artist Conversation: Inti Hernández
Artist Inti Hernández discusses his work on view in the exhibition “Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art.” Inti Hernández’s work encompasses sculptures, public space installations, and the design and construction of objects and structures.