Subject: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows

Subject: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows

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Queloides

|9780822961529|Race and Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art|Queloides catalogs an art exhibit on the persistence of racism and racial discrimination in contemporary Cuba. Despite the social transformations implemented by the Cuban revolutionary government since the early 1960s, racism continues to be a deep wound in Cuban society, one that generates countless social and cultural scars. In response to the official silence surrounding racial issues in Cuba, the twelve artists who participate in Queloides insist on the need to acknowledge and debate this social problem. This is the first time in post-revolutionary Cuba that the word “racism” has appeared in the title…

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