The Body of the Collective and the Changing Fortunes of Utopia in the New Cuban Art

Authors

  • Rachel Weiss School of the Art Institute of Chicago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/regac2016.1.05

Keywords:

Cuba, Cuban art, collectives, utopia

Abstract

The ‘New Cuban Art’ counted among its practitioners collectives whose work enacted various forms of quasi-utopian schemes during the decades from the 1980s-2000s. this article discusses some of those projects.

Author Biography

Rachel Weiss, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Professor, Arts Administration & Policy

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REG|AC Vol.4 Nº1

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016): Non Textual Utopias / Utopías no textuales

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