Cascarilla Project at Havana Biennial, Starting May 9

The true history of Cuba, a curatorial proposal by Cascarilla Project, led by artist and Professor Rolando Vazquez, was inaugurated Wednesday at 5.00 pm at the headquarters of the National Association of Architects and Construction Engineers (UNAICC, Infanta and Humboldt, Havana).

The exhibition proposes the convergence of a group of pieces that address tackle the concept of “homeland”, the elements that make up the Cuban nationality, all of them based on the research of historical events. Every work of art in the display is created out of dissimilar sources, as well as out of the popular imagery and the social and cultural constructions established throughout the processes Cuba has experimented, turning the investigation outcomes into artistic proposals of high formal and conceptual value.

Cascarilla is a teaching and artistic project that emerged in February, 2008 with the purpose of offering San Alejandro Academy students a space to develop different activities with a very marked interest in the creative and humane. At present, outside its former venue, the Project appears in a countless actions orientated to the social function of artists.

The exhibition has 18 Cuban creators from different generations involved: Adian Ros, Rolando Vazquez, Salome Garcia, Milton Raggi, Jose M. Mesias, Yoan Perez, Iskra Ravelo, Senen Tabares, Javier Zamora, Nelson D. Ladicani, Jose A. Rey, Rene Rodriguez, Celia &Yunior, Juan Carlos Alom, Jose A. Toirac, Lazaro Saavedra and Elio Rodriguez (El Macho).