The Museum of Modern Art presents a major performance installation by #taniabruguera (Cuban, born 1968), Untitled (Havana, 2000), for the first time since acquiring it in 2015, from February 3 through March 11, 2018. Initially conceived for the 7th Havana Biennial, the work was first presented in the Cabaña Fortress, a military bunker used as a jail for prisoners of conscience during the Cuban Revolution. The Fortress was used from colonial times through the early years of the Revolution as a site where the counter-revolutionary opposition was submitted to torture and execution by firing squad. Combining milled sugarcane, video footage of Fidel Castro, and live performance presented in near-total darkness, the work suggests the contradictions of life following the Cuban Revolution. The work, which was on view for mere hours before being shut down by the Cuban government in 2000, signifies Bruguera’s complex relationship to authority.
Tania Bruguera: Untitled (Havana, 2000) is organized by Stuart Comer, Chief Curator, with Martha Joseph, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance Art, and performances produced by Lizzie Gorfaine, Performance Producer, with Kate Scherer, Assistant Performance Coordinator.
The exhibition is made possible by The Jill and Peter Kraus Endowed Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions.
Major support is provided by The Modern Women’s Fund.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund.
Special thanks to Air Water & Earth and to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Tania Bruguera: Untitled (Havana, 2000)
February 03, 2018–March 11, 2018
Posted on October 30, 2017
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