Vernissage I Hamlet Lavastida: Revolución sin la Revolución“

In the organizer's words:

Vernissage

09.12.2024
18:00 - 20:30

There will be an artistic intervention by Hamlet Lavastida.

Please bring a banknote or other printed material - regardless of currency and condition.

Registration for the vernissage is required:

kfw-stiftung.de/hamlet

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In his first solo exhibition "Revolución sin la Revolución" (Revolution without the Revolution) in Frankfurt am Main, Hamlet Lavastida questions the visual language of Cuban socialism. With delicate paper cuts and large-format wall works, he reveals how state narratives shape historiography and calls for a critical examination of Cuba's present. Lavastida uses a self-created archive of reappropriated images, texts and symbols, mainly from the 1960s and 70s. Floor plans of secret political function buildings also find their way into his works, such as the Villa Marista prison in Havana, where political prisoners are held. Living in exile in Berlin since 2022, Lavastida was part of the 27N democracy movement. As an artist and activist, Lavastida combines his historical and artistic research with the demand for transparency and freedom for positions critical of the regime.

Hamlet Lavastida (*1983 in Havana/Cuba) was a 2020-2021 fellow of the KfW Stiftung in cooperation with Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. In 2022 he was awarded the Freedom of Expression Award of the Index on Censorship in the Art category and the Idealist of Contemporary Art Prize. He was part of the Kyjiv Biennale (Vienna) and documenta 15 (Kassel) and has exhibited in renowned museums such as the Albertinum (Dresden), the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), Artium Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo (Vitoria-Gasteiz) and Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdów Castle (Warsaw).

Curator: Rose Field
Assistant curator: Alica Sänger