Archive for March, 2010

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  ‘Diango Hernández, Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen’ by Catrin Lorch –2010

  Artists can sometimes be almost casual in their use of historical objects, whether they are using items from a fleamarket or artefacts from a museum. While some harness the aura of these objects, Diango Hernández often treats such miscellaneous elements playfully, as he does with the sheets of pale blue quadrille paper that are displayed in blonde wooden frames in the sixth and final room …

  Posted: March 10th, 2010 ˑ 
  Filled under: collages, installations, sculptures, solo shows
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  ‘Warten oder Fliegen…’ by Annelie Pohlen –2010

  ‘Warten oder Fliegen – Die ‘Power’ des Zeichenstiftes im Werk des Amateurs. Als die 68er Kuba noch als Insel der Zukunft feiern, erlebt Diango Hernández Castros ‘Vision’ vom neuen Menschen in einer Internatsschule auf dem Land als Alptraum. Auch wenn er seine eigenen Texte wie die seiner Interpreten mit zahlreichen Deutungsmöglichkeiten aus dem kubanischen Alltag versieht, diese wie alle weiteren Erfahrungen in seinem Heimatland …

  Posted: March 8th, 2010 ˑ 
  Filled under: alexander and bonin, collages, drawings, sculptures
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  ‘Touched’, The 10th Liverpool Biennial (curated by Peter Gorschlüter) –2010

  ‘Homesick’ by Diango Hernández. Many artists have transformed museum’s rooms or a commercial galley’s spaces into their temporary “homes”, in these places they’ve lived for days, weeks and sometimes even months. The idea of seeing, assuming, accepting or transforming the “white cube” into a living space it has many social, political and of course cultural implications. Most of these artist’s performances have shown the way …

  Posted: March 4th, 2010 ˑ 
  Filled under: collages, group shows, installations