The Art of Intervention: The Performances of JuanSí González
Coco Fusco
2016 | 00:35:00 | Cuba / United States | Spanish | Color | Stereo | 16:9 | HD video
Collection: On Art and Artists, Single Titles
Tags: Art History, Conceptual Art, Documentary, Performance
This documentary explores the groundbreaking street performances of Cuban artist JuanSí González during the 1980s. A pioneer of relational aesthetic practice in Cuba, González transformed public spaces in Havana into laboratories for edgy exchanges between artists and the public and created numerous works that threw art's role in a socialist society into question. His experiments provoked surprise from his peers and suspicion from state authorities. Twenty years later, the artist sat down to reflect on the relevance of those performances for the development of Cuban contemporary art. The video features rare archival footage of Cuban art from the 1980s.
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