September 19, 2004

GALLERIES: Spiritual works evoke the smoky hues of Cuba

This article featured a new exhibit of Cuban art that opened at Wayne State\'s Elaine L. Jacob Gallery. ...An art department trip to Cuba last year to meet artists, students and faculty at the island\'s premier art school prompted Wayne State University\'s two exhibitions on Cuban art and an accompanying symposium. \"Cuba from the Inside Looking Out\" is offered in two parts -- work by faculty, students and alumni from the Instituto Superior de Arte, and contemporary Cuban art from American collections. This article also quoted the director of the Jacob Gallery. \"It was a challenge to get the work here,\" said gallery director Sandra Dupret. \"No shipping company wanted to bring them to the U.S.,\" because of the U.S. sanctions on the communist-ruled island. \"We got the work through the Cuban Art Space in New York, where they will go after our exhibition. The pieces arrived in two rolls, unframed and unstretched.\"

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