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Lecture – The Art of Identity and the Identity of Art: Contextualizing Under the Spell of the Palm Tree
March 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Art of Identity and the Identity of Art: Contextualizing Under the Spell of the Palm Tree
Understanding how the past intersects with the present helps inform our views of the world. As individuals, we share recollections, at times lucid and temporal, at other times imprecise. We shape meaning around ideas, values, symbols, customs, and myths centered on historic interpretation. The formation of ethos and identity, like the articulation of art, serve as representations of this consciousness. Art, like collective memory, can be luminous and worldly at times, and inexact at others. How does identity impact art? We address this question by contextualizing the artists and paintings that comprise the collection, Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art.
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About the Speaker:
Denis Rey serves as associate professor in the Department of Political Science & International Studies at the University of Tampa where he specializes in international relations and Latin American politics. He also co-directs the Center for José Martí Studies Affiliate, a research institute concentrating on the literary and revolutionary work of Cuba’s national liberator. Through the Center, he has focused his work on recovering and analyzing the newspapers published by the Cuban émigré communities of Florida and New York during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
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Image Caption: Pedro Pablo Oliva, Marti de blanco (Marti in White). From the Series “Utopias y disidencias”, 2010, Oil on canvas. Collection of Susie and Mitchell Rice