"For Rent: Consuelo Castañeda" Exhibition
Americas Society
This event has ended.
"For Rent: Consuelo Castañeda" (Havana, Cuba, 1958) is the first of a series of three annual exhibitions from 2011–2013.
The concept of "For Rent" transfers the use and symbolic value of the Americas Society gallery to the artist.
"For Rent: Consuelo Castañeda" transforms the gallery through an expansive installation based on the artist’s experience as a Cuban émigré and Americas Society’s history in relation to the Cold War. Anchored by an interactive lounge, Castañeda creates three spaces: a multi-screened projection room that is occupied by "Guantanamera" (a two-channel video by Ross Birrell and David Harding); a re-creation of Gego’s "Reticulárea"—an iconic work created for the Americas Society Gallery in 1969; and a retrospective display highlighting the artist’s use of appropriation of historical elements and concepts.
Additionally, Castañeda’s lounge opens the gallery to a series of interventions, which include a discussion between the artist, the exhibition curator, Carmen Peláez and Ross Birrell; and a literary reading by Jose Manuel Prieto.
[Image: For Rent banner and exhibition preparatory drawing by Consuelo Castañeda]
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Schedule
from May 17, 2011 to July 30, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 19:00 Lounge Event—Film Screening and Discussion; Thursday, June 2, 19:00 Performance and discussion in collaboration with the Watermill Center, N.Y SS: "What’s he Building in There?"; Thursday, June 8 Vis-à-Vis: Carlos Cruz-Diez and Ga
Opening Reception on 2011-05-17 from 19:00