Throughout his career, Gonzalez-Torres’s involvement in social and political causes fueled his interest in the overlap of private and public life. From 1987 to 1991, he was part of Group Material, a New York-based art collective whose members worked collaboratively to initiate community education and cultural activism. His aesthetic project was, according to some scholars, related to Bertolt Brecht’s theory of epic theater, in which … Continue reading Felix Gonzalez-Torres ] Untitled [

  I am going to look at a certain visual taste, the taste of the avant-garde, and how it has changed. I will look at a deceived taste, a wandering, meandering taste, the taste of the official art system and its press; a look by one who has decided to evaluate art for himself, who has learned to know what he sees. True taste can’t … Continue reading Ruins of Taste by John Link

Por Yanet Martínez Bazabe Art-Sôlido se complace en publicar el texto “La canonización en el podio de la curaduría”, de la joven historiadora del arte Yanet Martínez. El ensayo aborda la labor curatorial del destacado crítico y comisario cubano Píter Ortega, principalmente a través de tres de sus proyectos expositivos más relevantes, desarrollados en La Habana: “Bla, bla, bla” (Galería Servando), “Bomba” (Centro de Arte … Continue reading La canonización en el podio de la curaduría

    “El marabú, la flor, el heliógrafo del corazón. Los dragones andando de puntillas porque duerme San Jorge”. Gastón Baquero Llega la niña a la galería y se arremolina ante tanta aparente mansedumbre. Llega de puntillas y se detiene de frente a las flores. Pretende ser tragada por ellas, exacerba su animal instinto de caer en las abiertas fauces de esas plantas erectas. No … Continue reading San Jorge, el Dragón y el flow de Miami * Por: Roxana M. Bermejo