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Born in 1936, internationally renowned multimedia artist Hans Haacke has been speaking truth to power for a long time. In 1971, his pictorial exposition of suspect real estate dealings in New York City was abruptly cancelled six weeks before it was due to open at the Guggenheim. The piece is now on display at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Maryland Institute, College of Art, which celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2001, has consistently been named among the top four visual arts colleges in the nation by U. The host institution for Artscape exhibitions, the Maryland Institute is the only major visual arts institution in Baltimore where all exhibitions are free and open to the public. |
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The censorship of this and another exhibition by Pon Juan-Francisco, marked a turning point in the lives of Cuban artists living on the island. Many Cuban artists today live in Mexico, France, Spain, Belgium and the U. Results of incident "Many artists are critical of exhibitions of Cuban art outside Cuba that display works which could not be shown within the country but which are nonetheless touted abroad as proof of a cultural 'opening' on the island. " Juan Ballester of ABTV said, "Cardenas's works were censored here, but shown in Boston. The point of view of the Boston exhibition is that art in Cuba is transforming society. |