Main entry:

Weiss, Rachel, 1954-

Title & Author:

Making art global. (Part 1), The third Havana Biennial 1989 / Rachel Weiss ; with additional essays by Luis Camnitzer [and others].

Publication:

London : Afterall Books ; Vienna : Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ; Eindhoven : Van Abbemuseum ; New York, NY : Distribution outside Europe, D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2011.

Description:

250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Series:

Exhibition histories

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-244) and index.
Introduction : Making art global / Charles Esche -- A certain place and a certain time : the third Bienal de La Habana and the origins of the global exhibition / Rachel Weiss -- The Third Bienal de La Habana in its global and local contexts / Gerardo Mosquera -- The Third Bienal de La Habana : City maps -- 'Tres Mundos' -- Núcleo 1 : Roberto Diago ; José Bedia ; Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar ; Ahmed Nawar ; Roberto Feleo ; Antonio Ole ; Victor Teixeira (Viteix) ; 'Latin American textiles' ; 'Cuban lithography' ; 'Calligraphy in contemporary Arab painting' -- Núcleo 2 : 'Bolívar in wood carvings' ; 'Mexican dolls' ; 'African wire toys' -- Núleo 3 : 'The tradition of humour' ; 'Messages from South Africa' ; 'We love you, Paraguay' ; 'Censored photographs from Chile' ; Graciela Iturbide ; Sebastião Salgado ; José Tola -- Núcleo 4 -- Catalogue : Regulations ; Introduction / Llilian Llanes Godoy -- Notes on the art, identity and poverty of the third world / Mirko Lauer -- Contemporary cultural practice : some polemical categories / Geeta Kapur -- The margin of the 'margin' / Coco Fusco -- The Third Biennial of Havana / Luis Camnitzer -- Interviews with exhibiting artists : José Bedia in conversation with Lucy Steeds ; Lázaro Saavedra in conversation with Rachel Weiss ; Alex Ángeles and Alfredo Márquez in conversation with Rachel Weiss.

Summary:

"The third edition of the Bienal de La Habana, which took place in 1989, extended the global territory of contemporary art and redegined the biennial model. This book examines the project in its historical and international contexts ... Making art global (part 2) will focus on the Paris exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' of 1989"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9783865609939 (Koenig Books)
3865609937 (Koenig Books)
9781846380815 (Afterall Books)
1846380812 (Afterall Books)

Subject:

Bienal de La Habana (3rd : 1989 : Havana, Cuba)
Bienal de La Habana
Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Art and globalization Exhibitions.
Art, Cuban 20th century Exhibitions.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Art et mondialisation Expositions.
Art and globalization
Art, Cuban
Art, Modern

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien.
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.
Exhibition histories.

Third Havana Biennial 1989

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292354
Call No.: BIB 236619
Status: Available