Alongside the main exhibitions is the collective exhibition at the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, with artists such as David Beltrán (Cuba), Camilo Yañez (Chile), Maya Watanabe (Peru), Abdoulaye Konaté (Mali), Alexia Miranda (El Salvador) and Adler Guerrier (Haiti-USA). The latter departs from the exploration of Haitian heritage in Cuba to reflect on the characteristics of the Caribbean landscape. In the collective exhibition at Casa de México, Charo Oquet (Dominican Republic-United States) offers a similar approach. Her installation Voices from Calibán explores the cultural practices of Afro-Caribbean communities based on the notions of joy, hope and healing.
In number 307 of Calle Malecón one can find Cumanana (Pa’Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Nicolás Guillén and Alanna Lockward), by artist William Córdova (Peru-United States). Córdova’s work is a reflection on the dialogues of the African diaspora in the Caribbean and the Americas, departing from the intersection of the values between Andean architecture and contemporary vernacular architecture. At the Spanish American Cultural Center, Óscar Figueroa (Costa Rica) presents On the Other Side of the Railroads, a set of works rethinking ideas of progress and modernity in Central America.
Havana Biennial, The Construction of the Possible, 12 April-12 May 2019, Havana, Cuba.
Aldeide Delgado is an independent historian and curator. During 2018, she was a fellow of the School of Art Criticism (INBA-Siqueiros Project) with the support of the Jumex Foundation and PAC. In 2017, she was awarded the Critical Test Research and Production Grant issued by Teor/ethics. Her interests include gender, racial identity, photography and abstraction in the visual arts. She has been a speaker at The New School, CalArts, Miami Spanish Cultural Center, Casa de las Américas and the 12th Havana Biennial. She is a collaborator of Artishock, Terremoto, C& América Latina and Art Nexus in Miami.
Translation from Spanish by Zarifa Mohamad Petersen.