DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
JUAN SI GONZÁLEZ
HOST:
ANAELI IBARRA
Synopsis:
The protagonist of one of the foundational experiences of artivism in Cuba, Juan Sí González, shares his memories of Art-de in the late eighties and early nineties in Havana.
Bio:
Juan Sí is a Cuban interdisciplinary artist, graduate of the Escuela Nacional de Arte de La Habana and of the ISA. He participated in the first two editions of the Havana Biennial. In 1987 he co-founded the Grupo Art-De (art dealing with civil rights) and started doing interactive performances independently on the streets of Havana, as well as clandestine videos about social conflict in Cuba. When he emigrated to Miami in 1993, he started to create site-specific mixed media like installations and large-scale photographic series. He has lived in Ohio since 2003. His work has been exhibited in the Frost Art Museum, the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, the Miami Art Museum, the Museum of Latin American Art, the Museo del Barrio, the Exit Art GAllery and the Centro Georges Pompidou, among others.
