Thursday, October 19, 2006

Edgy exhibit Cuba Plastica: Recent Art from Cuba to close at Meadows Museum of Art Sun, Oct 22


Cirenaica Moreira: With love, from the voice of wisdom

One of the most stimulating shows I've seen in some time is closing Sun, Oct 22, at Meadows, Musuem, Centenary College. There's a section of Cuba Plastica: Recent Art from Cuba, with signs that warn of adult content. In Shreveport, where most shows with a bit of skin never see the light of a doorway, this is good news.

The nudity therein is genteel. It reminds us how gorgeous human exposure can be when presented by a graceful artist. In this case the artist is young Cuban woman Cirenaica Moreira. Her representatives at thefrasergallery.com claim that " She is considered by many to be one of the most influential Cuban photographers of her generation." Certainly she has exhibited work in every corner of the world.

Also ending its run is the show Paperworks from the Roland-Geist Collection of New Orleans. Did you know that there are some 8 or 9 David Hockney works being exhibited a few dozen yards from King's Highway? They're efficient and evocative and come from his pen and brush over a long period, 1961 to 1984. Plus there are a couple of Jim Dine works on paper, a Warhol silkscreen called "Botticelli in Primavera" and fun work by Chris Orr.

Wish my fellow artists from the Bubble Rap II exhibit would make the Meadows before this closes and tell me their reaction. Or you, dear reader.

Meadows is noon to 4 Fri, 1 pm to 4 pm Sat and Sun.

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