DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
ÁNGEL DELGADO
HOST:
ANAELI IBARRA
Synopsis:
A conversation with the visual artist Ángel Delgado about his 1990 performance La Esperanza es lo último que se está perdiendo during the inauguration of the collective exposition El Objeto Esculturado at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. We talk about the processes of criminalization of political art, censorship and the politics of domestication of the Ministry of Culture.
Bio:
Angel Delgado
(Havana Cuba, 1965)
Angel Delgado lives and works in Long Beach, CA. He is a graduate of the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas (1980); the Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro (1984); and he studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte (1984-1986) in Havana, Cuba.
In 1990, Delgado put on a performance titled “La esperanza en lo último que se está perdiendo”, as part of the collective exhibit El Objeto Esculturado which led to his incarceration. He spent six months imprisoned and this experience left a mark on his life and his work.
In 2003 he began working, represented by the Galería Nina Menocal, in Mexico City. In 2005 he decided to establish himself definitively in Mexico where he lived until 2013, when he then emigrated to the United States. Currently he is also represented by the Building Bridges Art Exchange Gallery and Foundation, in Santa Monica, CA.
In 2004, Delgado was awarded the Artist's Residency at The Mattress Factory Museum, Philadelphia; in 2008 he was awarded the MOLAA (Museum Of Latin American Art) award in the category of installation art in Long Beach, CA; and in 2016 he was awarded the Artist's Residency at The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Fl.
Delgado has participated in over 100 exhibitions both collective and solo, in over 15 countries, including Cuba, the United States, Belgium, France, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, Germany, Colombia, Spain, Italy, and Brazil.
Among his most important solo shows are: Drawing Inventory: Then and Now, William Musto Museum, NJ, 2018; Absent Speech. Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA. 2017; Revision, Aluna Art Foundation, Miami, FL. 2015; Uncomfortable Landscape, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA. 2014; Constancy, Amanda Harris Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. 2014; Inside Outside, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans,2011, Limite Contínuo, at Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles. 2009. Wake Up, Artane Gallery, Istanbul, 2007. Constancias, Galería Nina Menocal, 2006. Memorias acumuladas, at Galería Fucares, Madrid, Spain, 2004. Sombra interior, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico 2003.
He has participated in important collective exhibits such as: La Otra Isla, Casa Rafael Galván, Mexico, 2019; Past Forward. El Barrio Art Space. NYC, NY. TRIENNIAL Latin American Art NY at Longwood Art Gallery. New York, NY, 2019; CROSS CURRENTS at Foosaner Art Museum. Melbourne, FL, 2019; Domestic Anxieties chapter 3 of "On the Horizon. Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL. 2018; Mobility and Its Discontents. The 8th Floor, New York; Deconstructing Liberty: A Destiny Manifested. Muzeo Anaheim, CA. 2017; Cuba. Tatuare la Storia. Padiglione d'arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, 2016; Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI; International Mini Art 2. Katara Cultural Center. Katar; La Revolución no será televisada, The Bronx Museum, New York, 2012. Video Cubano, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2011. Arte no es igual Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, Museo del Barrio, New York, 2008. Killing Time, Exit Art, New York, 2008. Cuba Avant Garde: Arte Contemporáneo cubano de la Colección Farber, Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, FL and John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL, USA, 2008. Primera Bienal de Canarias Arquitectura, Arte y Paisaje, Canary Islands, Spain, 2006.
His work is included in several private and public collections, including: Prins Claus Fonds, Farber Collection, EFC Holdings, Fine Arts Conservation, International Sculpture Center, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano CA, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Rubin Collection, Fountainhead Collection. Magnan Projects Collection, Leonardo Rodríguez Collection and Jorge M. Pérez Collection.
Additionally he has participated in several international contemporary art fairs such as: MACO México, Art Forum Berlin, Balelatina Basel, Arte América Miami, Docks Art Fair Francia, PULSE Miami, PULSE New York, Hot Art Fair Basel, CIRCA Puerto Rico, Art Platform Los Angeles, The Armory Show NY, Context Art Miami and L.A. Art Show.
