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Audience interested in the works of López Oliva in Detroit
23October
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Audience interested in the works of López Oliva in Detroit

With the assistance of collectors and people interested in the enjoyment of art, the paintings of López Oliva at the N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art of the city of Detroit are still on display. The exhibition, arranged in the interior spaces of a prestigious institution that lies within the main perimeter of cultural facilities of that location in the State of Michigan (very close to the Institute of Arts, the African American Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art), has become a singular attraction for those who wish to establish sensitive and deep encounter with visions of a -for them- unpublished artistic imagination.

The author of the mentioned works could be present there, together with them, during a certain number of days, accompanied by his Professional Assistant; which led to his encounters with specialized and amateur visual arts people, as well as enlightening lectures about his creative itinerary, Cuban art and the cultural context of our country. Meanwhile, Deney Terry spoke with students from the University of Michigan and other citizens impacted by the images gathered by the exhibition entitled Open Scene, during guided and free visits. An American city that became famous for the birth and development of Jazz and modern singing, for its automobile factories and revolts against racial discrimination, was jubilant to have the aesthetic signs of Manuel López Oliva, who have been able to feel, understand or expand in receptive levels.
 
Georges N'Namdi -President and owner of the Art Center, who introduced African-American art to market channels and museums in the United States- has not only declared his enthusiastic motivation for the works of the Cuban painter and critic, but also at the same time, he has asked him to extend the presence of works in Detroit for other months, so that they can be viewed and valued by a bigger number of spectators.

A screen that shows videos revealing the work of López Oliva, as well as some of the performances he has made sporadically, completes the exhibition proposal, in whose conception a museographic criterion was assumed based on the desire to make the works known as just exits from the workshop, almost at the end of the process that makes them up; so they have been devoid of frames and only suspended on walls and panels.

Open Scene, already reflected in the press of that town, will continue to give news - within that renewed northern part of American society - about the truth and spirituality that characterize us; and at the same time, it will be a testimony of the free subjectivity and the expressive energy of one of the artists of Cuba with a consistent and personal trajectory.